GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
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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