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1 LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
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O Lord, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence,
2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
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let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
3 I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
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For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
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I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help,
5 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.
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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 have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
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You have put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.
7 Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
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Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
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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 dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands 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 show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
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Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise you? (Selah)
11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ?
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Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds 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 to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
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But I, O Lord, cry out to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 Why, LORD, do you reject me and 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 From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
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Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.
16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
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Your wrath has swept over me; your dread assaults destroy me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
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They surround me like a flood all day long; from all sides they close in on me.
18 You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
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You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
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