Common English Bible CEB
New Revised Standard NRS
1 LORD, God of my salvation, by day I cry out, even at night, before you—
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O Lord, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence,
2 let my prayer reach you! Turn your ear to my outcry
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let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
3 because my whole being is filled with distress; my life is at the very brink of hell.
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For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 I am considered as one of those plummeting into the pit. I am like those who are beyond help,
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I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help,
5 drifting among the dead, lying in the grave, like dead bodies— those you don't remember anymore, those who are cut off from your power.
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like those forsaken 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.
6 You placed me down in the deepest pit, in places dark and deep.
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You have put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.
7 Your anger smothers me; you subdue me with it, wave after wave. Selah
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Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
8 You've made my friends distant. You've made me disgusting to them. I can't escape. I'm trapped!
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You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
9 My eyes are tired of looking at my suffering. I've been calling out to you every day, LORD— I've had my hands outstretched to you!
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my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call on you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.
10 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do ghosts rise up and give you thanks? Selah
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Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise you? (Selah)
11 Is your faithful love proclaimed in the grave, your faithfulness in the underworld?
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Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Are your wonders known in the land of darkness, your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
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Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I cry out to you, LORD! My prayer meets youfirst thing in the morning!
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But I, O Lord, cry out to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 Why do you reject my very being, LORD? Why do you hide your face from me?
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O Lord, why do you cast me off? Why do you hide your face from me?
15 Since I was young I've been afflicted, I've been dying. I've endured your terrors. I'm lifeless.
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Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.
16 Your fiery anger has overwhelmed me; your terrors have destroyed me.
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Your wrath has swept over me; your dread assaults destroy me.
17 They surround me all day long like water; they engulf me completely.
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They surround me like a flood all day long; from all sides they close in on me.
18 You've made my loved ones and companions distant. My only friend is darkness.
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You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
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