New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.
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A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
2 Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.
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My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,
3 For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.
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For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.
4 I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.
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I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
5 They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.
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Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.
6 You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.
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Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
7 Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude
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Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.
8 You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.
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Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth.
9 My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O LORD ; I lift my hands to you for mercy.
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Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
10 Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude
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To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.
11 Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
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Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?
12 Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?
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Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.
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And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.
14 O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?
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Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
15 I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.
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I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.
16 Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.
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Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
17 They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.
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They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
18 You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend.
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Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
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