A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Mahalath Leannoth{H8763)}, Maschil{H8688)} of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried{H8804)} day and night before thee:

Let my prayer come{H8799)} before thee: incline{H8685)} thine ear unto my cry;

For my soul is full{H8804)} of troubles: and my life draweth nigh{H8689)} unto the grave.

I am counted{H8738)} with them that go down{H8802)} into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

Free among the dead{H8801)}, like the slain that lie{H8802)} in the grave, whom thou rememberest{H8804)} no more: and they are cut off{H8738)} from thy hand.

Thou hast laid{H8804)} me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Thy wrath lieth hard{H8804)} upon me, and thou hast afflicted{H8765)} me with all thy waves. Selah.

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance{H8794)} far{H8689)} from me; thou hast made{H8804)} me an abomination unto them: I am shut up{H8803)}, and I cannot come forth{H8799)}.

Mine eye mourneth{H8804)} by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called{H8804)} daily upon thee, I have stretched out{H8765)} my hands unto thee.

Wilt thou shew{H8799)} wonders to the dead{H8801)}? shall the dead arise{H8799)} and praise{H8686)} thee? Selah.

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared{H8792)} in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Shall thy wonders be known{H8735)} in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

But unto thee have I cried{H8765)}, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent{H8762)} thee.

LORD, why castest thou off{H8799)} my soul? why hidest{H8686)} thou thy face from me?

I am afflicted and ready to die{H8802)} from my youth up: while I suffer{H8804)} thy terrors I am distracted{H8799)}.

Thy fierce wrath goeth over{H8804)} me; thy terrors have cut me off{H8768)}.

They came round about{H8804)} me daily like water; they compassed{H8689)} me about together.

Lover{H8802)} and friend hast thou put far{H8689)} from me, and mine acquaintance{H8794)} into darkness.