1 A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the Overcomer: to sing upon Mahalath, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my saving health, I cry day [and] night before Thee;

2 let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry;

3 for my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near unto Sheol.

4 I am counted with those that go down into the pit; I am as a man [that has] no strength:

5 Freed among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou dost remember no more; and they are cut off from thy hand.

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

7 Thy wrath lies hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.

8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintances far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them; [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.

9 My eye mourns by reason of affliction; LORD, I have called daily upon thee; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah.

11 Shall thy mercy be declared in the grave? [or] thy truth in hell?

12 Shall thy wonder be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

14 LORD, why dost thou cast off my soul? [why] dost thou hide thy face from me?

15 I [am] afflicted and destitute; from [my] youth up I have feared thee and been in awe of thee.

16 Thy fierce wrath goes over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

18 Thou hast put lover and friend far from me, [and placed] my acquaintances into darkness.: