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Now hear my prayer;
listen to my cry.
listen to my cry.
Let my prayer come before you;
incline your ear to my cry!
incline your ear to my cry!
For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.
and my life draws near to Sheol.
I am as good as dead,
like a strong man with no strength left.
like a strong man with no strength left.
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,
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.
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 thrown me into the lowest pit,
into the darkest depths.
into 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 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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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 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 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.
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.
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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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?
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?
Are your wonders known in the darkness,
or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
O LORD, I cry out to you.
I will keep on pleading day by day.
I will keep on pleading day by day.
But I, O Lord, cry to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
O LORD, why do you reject me?
Why do you turn your face from me?
Why do you turn 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?
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 fierce anger has overwhelmed me.
Your terrors have paralyzed me.
Your terrors have paralyzed me.
Your wrath has swept over me;
your dreadful assaults destroy me.
your dreadful assaults destroy me.
They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long.
They have engulfed me completely.
They have engulfed me completely.
They surround me like a flood all day long;
they close in on me together.
they close in on me together.