| King James Bible | New International Version |
| 1A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: | 1A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. |
| 2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; | 2May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. |
| 3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. | 3I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death. |
| 4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: | 4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength. |
| 5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. | 5I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care. |
| 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. | 6You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. |
| 7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. | 7Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. |
| 8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. | 8You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape; |
| 9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. | 9my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you. |
| 10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. | 10Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you? |
| 11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? | 11Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction? |
| 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? | 12Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? |
| 13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. | 13But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you. |
| 14LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? | 14Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me? |
| 15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. | 15From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair. |
| 16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. | 16Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. |
| 17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. | 17All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me. |
| 18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. | 18You have taken from me friend and neighbor-- darkness is my closest friend. |
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