| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. | 1O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night. |
| 2Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! | 2Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry. |
| 3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. | 3For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near. |
| 4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, | 4I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left. |
| 5like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. | 5They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care. |
| 6You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. | 6You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths. |
| 7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah | 7Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude |
| 8You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape; | 8You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape. |
| 9my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you. | 9My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O LORD; I lift my hands to you for mercy. |
| 10Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah | 10Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude |
| 11Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? | 11Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction? |
| 12Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? | 12Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness? |
| 13But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. | 13O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day. |
| 14O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me? | 14O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me? |
| 15Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. | 15I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors. |
| 16Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. | 16Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me. |
| 17They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together. | 17They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely. |
| 18You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness. | 18You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend. |
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