1 - ?A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth.
Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
2 - May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
3 - I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
4 - I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
5 - I 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.
6 - You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
7 - Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
8 - You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
9 - my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
10 - Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
11 - Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction
12 - Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
13 - But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 - Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
15 - From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
16 - Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
17 - All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
18 - You have taken from me friend and neighbor - darkness is my closest friend.