Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
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LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
2 My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,
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May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
3 For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.
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I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
4 I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
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I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
5 Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.
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I 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.
6 Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
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You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
7 Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.
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Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
8 Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth.
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You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
9 Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
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my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
10 To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.
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Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
11 Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?
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Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ?
12 Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
13 And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.
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But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
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Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
15 I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.
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From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
16 Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
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Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
17 They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
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All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
18 Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
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You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
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