New American Standard Bible 1995 NASB95
English Standard Version ESV
1 O LORD , the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You.
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O Lord, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you.
2 Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry!
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Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry!
3 For my soul has had enough troubles, And my life has drawn near to Sheol.
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For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength,
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I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,
5 Forsaken among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And they are cut off from Your hand.
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like one set loose 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 have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.
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You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
7 Your wrath has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.
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Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
8 You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out.
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You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
9 My eye has wasted away because of affliction; I have called upon You every day, O LORD ; I have spread out my hands to You.
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my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.
10 Will You perform wonders for the dead? Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.
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Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
11 Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
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Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I, O LORD , have cried out to You for help, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
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But I, O Lord, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 O LORD , why do You reject my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?
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O Lord, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?
15 I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.
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Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.
16 Your burning anger has passed over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
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Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.
17 They have surrounded me like water all day long; They have encompassed me altogether.
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They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together.
18 You have removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are in darkness.
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You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.
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