1. Lord, God of my salvation,I cry out before You day and night.
2. May my prayer reach Your presence;listen to my cry.
3. For I have had enough troubles,and my life is near Sheol.
4. I am counted among those going down to the Pit. I am like a man without strength,
5. abandoned among the dead.I am like the slain lying in the grave, whom You no longer remember,and who are cut off from Your care.
6. You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,in the darkest places, in the depths.
7. Your wrath weighs heavily on me; You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves. Selah
8. You have distanced my friends from me;You have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out.
9. My eyes are worn out from crying. Lord, I cry out to You all day long; I spread out my hands to You.
10. Do You work wonders for the dead?Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah