| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You. | 1A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out before You day and night. |
| 2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. | 2May my prayer reach Your presence; listen to my cry. |
| 3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. | 3For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol. |
| 4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. | 4I am counted among those going down to the Pit. I am like a man without strength, |
| 5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care. | 5abandoned among the dead. I am like the slain lying in the grave, whom You no longer remember, and who are cut off from Your care. |
| 6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. | 6You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths. |
| 7Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah | 7Your wrath weighs heavily on me; You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves. Selah |
| 8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape. | 8You have distanced my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out. |
| 9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You. | 9My eyes are worn out from crying. LORD, I cry out to You all day long; I spread out my hands to You. |
| 10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah | 10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah |
| 11Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? | 11Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? |
| 12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? | 12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? |
| 13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You. | 13But I call to You for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer meets You. |
| 14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? | 14 LORD, why do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? |
| 15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. | 15From my youth, I have been afflicted and near death. I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate. |
| 16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. | 16Your wrath sweeps over me; Your terrors destroy me. |
| 17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side. | 17They surround me like water all day long; they close in on me from every side. |
| 18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion. | 18You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me; darkness is my only friend. |
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