1 ¶ O LORD God of my saving health, I cry day and night before Thee;

2 l et my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry;

3 f or my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near unto Sheol.

4 I am counted with those that go down into the pit; I am as a man that has no strength:

5 F reed among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou dost remember no more; and they are cut off from thy hand.

6 T hou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

7 T hy wrath lies hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

8 T hou hast put away mine acquaintances far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

9 M y eye mourns by reason of affliction; LORD, I have called daily upon thee; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

10 ¶ Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

11 S hall thy mercy be declared in the grave? or thy truth in hell?

12 S hall thy wonder be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 B ut unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

14 L ORD, why dost thou cast off my soul? why dost thou hide thy face from me?

15 I am afflicted and destitute; from my youth up I have feared thee and been in awe of thee.

16 T hy fierce wrath goes over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

17 T hey came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

18 T hou hast put lover and friend far from me, and placed my acquaintances into darkness.