King James Version KJV
New Living Translation NLT
1 O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
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O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
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Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
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For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
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I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.
5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
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They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
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You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
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Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude
8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
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My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O LORD ; I lift my hands to you for mercy.
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
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Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
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Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?
13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
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O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.
14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
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O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
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I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
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Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
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They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
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You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend.
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