I Cry Out before You 1 DRA O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the 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 DRA Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition. BSB BSB: May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
3 DRA For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell. BSB BSB: For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 DRA I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help, BSB BSB: I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
5 DRA Free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cast 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 DRA They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death. BSB BSB: You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
7 DRA Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me. BSB BSB: Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
8 DRA Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth: BSB BSB: You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
9 DRA My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee. BSB BSB: My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
10 DRA Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee? BSB BSB: Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
11 DRA Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth in destruction? BSB BSB: Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 DRA Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness? BSB BSB: Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
13 DRA But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee. BSB BSB: But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 DRA Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me? BSB BSB: Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
15 DRA I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled. BSB BSB: From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
16 DRA Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me. BSB BSB: Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17 DRA They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together. BSB BSB: All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
18 DRA Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery. BSB BSB: You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
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