LORD, the God of my salvation, *
    I weep before You day and night.
Let my prayer come before You, *
    give Your ear to my cry.

For troubles have overwhelmed my soul, *
    and my life is nearly lost to Sheol.
I have joined those descending to the pit, *
    like one whose strength has failed.

Abandoned among the dead, *
    like the slain lying in the grave,
those You no longer remember, *
    excluded and cut off from Your hand.

You have put me in the deepest pit, *
    into the darkness and the depths.
The weight of Your anger crushes me, *
    and You overwhelm me with all Your waves.
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You took everyone I knew from me. *
    You made me repulsive to them.
I am locked up and cannot get out. *
    My eyes are failing from grief.

LORD, I call upon You all day long, *
    I stretch out my hands to You.
Will You work wonders for the dead? *
    Will their spirits rise up and praise You?
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Will Your love be spoken of in the grave? *
    Your faithfulness in the place of the dead?
Will they know of Your wonders in the darkness? *
    Your justice in the land of forgetfulness?

As for me, LORD, I cry out to You for help, *
    from the morning, my prayer seeks You.
Why, LORD, do You reject my soul? *
    Why do You hide Your face from me?

I have been miserable and near death since my youth; *
    I can no longer endure Your terrors.
Your burning wrath has swept over me, *
    Your terrors have reduced me to silence.

They surround me like a flood all day long, *
    they close in on me from everywhere.
You have taken my lover and friends far from me, *
    now, darkness is my closest friend.