A Song
or Psalm
for the sons
of Korah,
to the chief Musician
upon Mahalath
Leannoth,
Maschil
of Heman
the Ezrahite.
O LORD
God
of my salvation,
I have cried
day
and night
before thee:
Let my prayer
come
before
thee: incline
thine ear
unto my cry;
For my soul
is full
of troubles:
and my life
draweth nigh
unto the grave.
I am counted
with them that go down
into the pit:
I am as a man
that hath no strength:
Free
among the dead,
like the slain
that lie
in the grave,
whom thou rememberest
no more: and they are cut off
from thy hand.
Thou hast laid
me in the lowest
pit,
in darkness,
in the deeps.
Thy wrath
lieth hard
upon me, and thou hast afflicted
me with all thy waves.
Selah.
Thou hast put away
mine acquaintance
far
from me; thou hast made
me an abomination
unto them: I am shut up,
and I cannot come forth.
Mine eye
mourneth
by reason of affliction:
LORD,
I have called
daily
upon thee, I have stretched out
my hands
unto thee.
Wilt thou shew
wonders
to the dead?
shall the dead
arise
and praise
thee? Selah.
Shall thy lovingkindness
be declared
in the grave?
or thy faithfulness
in destruction?
Shall thy wonders
be known
in the dark?
and thy righteousness
in the land
of forgetfulness?
But unto thee have I cried,
O LORD;
and in the morning
shall my prayer
prevent
thee.
LORD,
why castest thou off
my soul?
why hidest
thou thy face
from me?
I am afflicted
and ready to die
from my youth
up: while I suffer
thy terrors
I am distracted.
Thy fierce wrath
goeth over
me; thy terrors
have cut me off.
They came round about
me daily
like water;
they compassed
me about together.
Lover
and friend
hast thou put far
from me, and mine acquaintance
into darkness.
