1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You. | C | TOSK |
2 May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. | C | TOSK |
3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. | C | TOSK |
4 I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. | C | TOSK |
5 I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care. | C | TOSK |
6 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. | C | TOSK |
7 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah | C | TOSK |
8 You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape. | C | TOSK |
9 My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You. | C | TOSK |
10 Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah | C | TOSK |
11 Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? | C | TOSK |
12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? | C | TOSK |
13 But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You. | C | TOSK |
14 Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? | C | TOSK |
15 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. | C | TOSK |
16 Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. | C | TOSK |
17 All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side. | C | TOSK |
18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion. | C | TOSK |