A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of my salvation,{H3444} I have cried{H6817} day{H3117} and night{H3915} before thee.

Let my prayer{H8605} enter{H935} into thy presence;{H6440} Incline{H5186} thine ear{H241} unto my cry.{H7440}

For my soul{H5315} is full{H7646} of troubles,{H7451} And my life{H2416} draweth nigh{H5060} unto Sheol.{H7585}

I am reckoned{H2803} with them that go down{H3381} into the pit;{H953} I am as a man{H1397} that hath no help,{H353}

Cast{H2670} off among the dead,{H4191} Like the slain{H2491} that lie{H7901} in the grave,{H6913} Whom thou rememberest{H2142} no more, And they are cut off{H1504} from thy hand.{H3027}

Thou hast laid{H7896} me in the lowest{H8482} pit,{H953} In dark{H4285} places, in the deeps.{H4688}

Thy wrath{H2534} lieth hard{H5564} upon me, And thou hast afflicted{H6031} me with all thy waves.{H4867} {H5542}

Thou hast put{H7368} mine acquaintance{H3045} far{H7368} from me; Thou hast made{H7896} me an abomination{H8441} unto them: I am shut up,{H3607} and I cannot come forth.{H3318}

Mine eye{H5869} wasteth{H1669} away by reason of affliction:{H6040} I have called{H7121} daily{H3117} upon thee, O Jehovah;{H3068} I have spread forth{H7849} my hands{H3709} unto thee.

Wilt thou show{H6213} wonders{H6382} to the dead?{H4191} Shall they that are deceased{H7496} arise{H6965} and praise{H3034} thee? Selah{H5542}

Shall thy lovingkindness{H2617} be declared{H5608} in the grave?{H6913} Or thy faithfulness{H530} in Destruction?{H11}

Shall thy wonders{H6382} be known{H3045} in the dark?{H2822} And thy righteousness{H6666} in the land{H776} of forgetfulness?{H5388}

But unto thee, O Jehovah,{H3068} have I cried;{H7768} And in the morning{H1242} shall my prayer{H8605} come{H6923} before thee.

Jehovah,{H3068} why castest thou off{H2186} my soul?{H5315} Why hidest{H5641} thou thy face{H6440} from me?

I am afflicted{H6041} and ready to die{H1478} from my youth{H5290} up: While I suffer{H5375} thy terrors{H367} I am distracted.{H6323}

Thy fierce wrath{H2740} is gone over{H5674} me; Thy terrors{H1161} have cut me off.{H6789}

They came round about{H5437} me like water{H4325} all the day{H3117} long; They compassed{H5362} me about together.{H3162}

Lover{H157} and friend{H7453} hast thou put far{H7368} from me, And mine acquaintance{H3045} into darkness.{H4285}