| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 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. | 1O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night. |
| 2May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. | 2Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry. |
| 3I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death. | 3For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near. |
| 4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength. | 4I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left. |
| 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. | 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 lowest pit, in the darkest depths. | 6You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths. |
| 7Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. | 7Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude |
| 8You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and 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 eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; 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 show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you? | 10Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude |
| 11Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction? | 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 place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? | 12Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness? |
| 13But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you. | 13O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day. |
| 14Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me? | 14O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me? |
| 15From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair. | 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 terrors have destroyed me. | 16Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me. |
| 17All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me. | 17They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely. |
| 18You have taken from me friend and neighbor-- darkness is my closest friend. | 18You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend. |
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