1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man
5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all
8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in
13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my
14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine