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May my prayer come before you;
turn your ear to my cry.
turn your ear to my cry.
Let my prayer come before you;
incline your ear to my cry!
incline your ear to my cry!
I am overwhelmed with troubles
and my life draws near to death.
and my life draws near to death.
For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.
and my life draws near to Sheol.
I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am like one without strength.
I am like one without strength.
I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am a man who has no strength,
I am a man who has no strength,
I am set apart with the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
who are cut off from your care.
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
who are cut off from your care.
like one set loose among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.
You have put me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.
in the darkest depths.
You have put me in the depths of the pit,
in the regions dark and deep.
in the regions dark and deep.
Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
You have taken from me my closest friends
and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined and cannot escape;
and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined and cannot escape;
my eyes are dim with grief.
I call to you, Lord, every day;
I spread out my hands to you.
I call to you, Lord, every day;
I spread out my hands to you.
my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
I spread out my hands to you.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
I spread out my hands to you.
Do you show your wonders to the dead?
Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
Are your wonders known in the darkness,
or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
But I cry to you for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
But I, O Lord, cry to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
Why, Lord, do you reject me
and hide your face from me?
and hide your face from me?
O Lord, why do you cast my soul away?
Why do you hide your face from me?
Why do you hide your face from me?
From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;
I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
Your wrath has swept over me;
your terrors have destroyed me.
your terrors have destroyed me.
Your wrath has swept over me;
your dreadful assaults destroy me.
your dreadful assaults destroy me.
All day long they surround me like a flood;
they have completely engulfed me.
they have completely engulfed me.
They surround me like a flood all day long;
they close in on me together.
they close in on me together.