| New International Version (NIV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you? "Selah" | 10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you? "Selah" |
| 11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ? | 11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ? |
| 12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? | 12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? |
| 13 But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you. | 13 But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you. |
| 14 Why, O LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me? | 14 Why, O LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me? |
| 15 From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair. | 15 From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair. |
| 16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. | 16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. |
| 17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me. | 17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me. |
| 18 You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend. | 18 You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend. |
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