I Cry Out before You 1 DBY A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannoth. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite. Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee. BSB BSB: A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
2 DBY Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry. BSB BSB: May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
3 DBY For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol. BSB BSB: For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 DBY I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength: BSB BSB: I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
5 DBY Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand. BSB BSB: I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
6 DBY Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps. BSB BSB: You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
7 DBY Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. BSB BSB: Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
8 DBY Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. BSB BSB: You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
9 DBY Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee. BSB BSB: My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
10 DBY Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah. BSB BSB: Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
11 DBY Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction? BSB BSB: Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 DBY Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? BSB BSB: Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
13 DBY But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee. BSB BSB: But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 DBY Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? BSB BSB: Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
15 DBY I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, and I am distracted. BSB BSB: From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
16 DBY Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought: BSB BSB: Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17 DBY They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together. BSB BSB: All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
18 DBY Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness. BSB BSB: You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
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