| New International Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. | 1A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out before You day and night. |
| 2May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. | 2May my prayer reach Your presence; listen to my cry. |
| 3I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death. | 3For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol. |
| 4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength. | 4I am counted among those going down to the Pit. I am like a man without strength, |
| 5I 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. | 5abandoned 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. |
| 6You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. | 6You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths. |
| 7Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. | 7Your wrath weighs heavily on me; You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves. Selah |
| 8You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape; | 8You have distanced my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out. |
| 9my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you. | 9My eyes are worn out from crying. LORD, I cry out to You all day long; I spread out my hands to You. |
| 10Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you? | 10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah |
| 11Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction? | 11Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? |
| 12Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? | 12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? |
| 13But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you. | 13But I call to You for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer meets You. |
| 14Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me? | 14 LORD, why do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? |
| 15From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair. | 15From my youth, I have been afflicted and near death. I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate. |
| 16Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. | 16Your wrath sweeps over me; Your terrors destroy me. |
| 17All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me. | 17They surround me like water all day long; they close in on me from every side. |
| 18You have taken from me friend and neighbor-- darkness is my closest friend. | 18You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me; darkness is my only friend. |
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