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I am overwhelmed with troubles
and my life draws near to death.
and my life draws near to death.
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 as good as dead,
like a strong man with no strength left.
like a strong man with no strength left.
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.
They have left me among the dead,
and I lie like a corpse in a grave.
I am forgotten,
cut off from your care.
and I lie like a corpse in a grave.
I am forgotten,
cut off from your care.
You have put me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.
in the darkest depths.
You have thrown me into the lowest pit,
into the darkest depths.
into the darkest depths.
Your anger weighs me down;
with wave after wave you have engulfed me.
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with wave after wave you have engulfed me.
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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;
You have driven my friends away
by making me repulsive to them.
I am in a trap with no way of escape.
by making me repulsive to them.
I am in a trap with no way of 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 eyes are blinded by my tears.
Each day I beg for your help, O LORD;
I lift my hands to you for mercy.
Each day I beg for your help, O LORD;
I lift my hands to you for mercy.
Do you show your wonders to the dead?
Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead?
Do the dead rise up and praise you?
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Do the dead rise up and praise you?
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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?
Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds?
Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?
Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?
But I cry to you for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
O LORD, I cry out to you.
I will keep on pleading day by day.
I will keep on pleading day by day.
Why, Lord, do you reject me
and hide your face from me?
and hide your face from me?
O LORD, why do you reject me?
Why do you turn your face from me?
Why do you turn 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.
I have been sick and close to death since my youth.
I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.
I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.
Your wrath has swept over me;
your terrors have destroyed me.
your terrors have destroyed me.
Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me.
Your terrors have paralyzed me.
Your terrors have paralyzed me.
All day long they surround me like a flood;
they have completely engulfed me.
they have completely engulfed me.
They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long.
They have engulfed me completely.
They have engulfed me completely.