1 A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah ; for the Chief Musician ; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
2 Let my prayer enter into thy presence ; Incline thine ear unto my cry.
3 For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit ; I am as a man that hath no help,
5 Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. [Selah
8 Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me ; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them : I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9 Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction : I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah ; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead ? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee ? [Selah
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave ? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction ?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark ? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness ?
13 But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried ; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
14 Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul ? Why hidest thou thy face from me ?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up : While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16 Thy fierce wrath is gone over me ; Thy terrors have cut me off.
17 They came round about me like water all the day long ; They compassed me about together.
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.