| English Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. | 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. |
| 2Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! | 2May 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 descending to the Pit. I am like a man without 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. | 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. |
| 6You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. | 6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. |
| 7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah | 7Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. 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 removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape. |
| 9my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you. | 9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, 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 departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah |
| 11Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? | 11Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? |
| 12Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? | 12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? |
| 13But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. | 13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; 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? | 14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? |
| 15Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. | 15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. |
| 16Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. | 16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. |
| 17They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together. | 17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side. |
| 18You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness. | 18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion. |
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