^1. A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, my God, I call for help by day; I cry out in the night before thee.

^2. Let my prayer come before thee, incline thy ear to my cry!

^3. 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 am a man who has no strength,

^5. like one forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom thou dost remember no more, for they are cut off from thy hand.

^6. Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.

^7. Thy wrath lies heavy upon me, and thou dost overwhelm me with all thy waves. [Selah]

^8. Thou hast caused my companions to shun me; thou hast made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

^9. my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon thee, O LORD; I spread out my hands to thee.

^10. Dost thou work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise thee? [Selah]

^11. Is thy steadfast love declared in the grave, or thy faithfulness in Abaddon?

^12. Are thy wonders known in the darkness, or thy saving help in the land of forgetfulness?

^13. But I, O LORD, cry to thee; in the morning my prayer comes before thee.

^14. O LORD, why dost thou cast me off? Why dost thou hide thy face from me?

^15. Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer thy terrors; I am helpless.

^16. Thy wrath has swept over me; thy dread assaults destroy me.

^17. They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in upon me together.

^18. Thou hast caused lover and friend to shun me; my companions are in darkness.

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