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1O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. | 1O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. |
2Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! | 2Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! |
3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. | 3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. |
4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, | 4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, |
5like 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. | 5like 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. |
6You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. | 6You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. |
7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah | 7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah |
8You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape; | 8You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape; |
9my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you. | 9my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you. |
10Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah | 10Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah |
11Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? | 11Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? |
12Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? | 12Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
13But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. | 13But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. |
14O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me? | 14O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me? |
15Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. | 15Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. |
16Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. | 16Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. |
17They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together. | 17They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together. |
18You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness. | 18You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness. |
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