GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 O LORD God, my savior, I cry out to you during the day and at night.
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LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
2 Let my prayer come into your presence. Turn your ear to hear my cries.
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May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
3 My soul is filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave.
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I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
4 I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength--
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I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
5 abandoned with the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in graves, like those whom you no longer remember, who are cut off from your power.
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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 You have put me in the bottom of the pit--in deep, dark places.
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You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
7 Your rage lies heavily on me. You make all your waves pound on me. Selah
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Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
8 You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I'm shut in, and I can't get out.
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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 My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O LORD. I stretch out my hands to you [in prayer].
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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 Will you perform miracles for those who are dead? Will the spirits of the dead rise and give thanks to you? Selah
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Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
11 Will anyone tell about your mercy in Sheol or about your faithfulness in Abaddon?
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Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ?
12 Will anyone know about your miracles in that dark place or about your righteousness in the place where forgotten people live?
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Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
13 I cry out to you for help, O LORD, and in the morning my prayer will come into your presence.
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But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 Why do you reject my soul, O LORD? Why do you hide your face from me?
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Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
15 Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.
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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 Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me.
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Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
17 They swirl around me all day long like water. They surround me on all sides.
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All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!
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You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
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