I Cry Out before You 1 UEB Yahweh, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. 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 UEB Listen to my prayer; pay attention to my cry. BSB BSB: May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
3 UEB For I am filled with troubles, and my life has reached Sheol. BSB BSB: For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 UEB People treat me like those who go down into the pit; I am a man with no strength. BSB BSB: I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
5 UEB I am abandoned among the dead; I am like the dead who lie in the grave, about whom you care no more because they are cut off from your power. 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 UEB You place me in the lowest part of the pit, in the dark and deep places. BSB BSB: You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
7 UEB Your wrath lies heavy on me, and all your waves crash over me. Selah BSB BSB: Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
8 UEB Because of you, my acquaintances avoid me. You have made me a shocking sight to them. I am hemmed in and I cannot escape. BSB BSB: You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
9 UEB My eyes grow weary from trouble; All day long I call out to you, Yahweh; I spread out my hands to you. BSB BSB: My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
10 UEB Will you do wonders for the dead? Will those who have died rise and praise you? Selah BSB BSB: Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
11 UEB Will your covenant faithfulness be proclaimed in the grave, your loyalty in the place of the dead? BSB BSB: Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 UEB Will your wonderful deeds be known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness? BSB BSB: Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
13 UEB But I cry to you, Yahweh; in the morning my prayer comes before you. BSB BSB: But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 UEB Yahweh, why do you reject me? Why do you hide your face from me? BSB BSB: Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
15 UEB I have always been afflicted and on the verge of death since my youth. I have suffered from your terrors; I am in despair. BSB BSB: From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
16 UEB Your angry actions have passed over me, and your terrifying deeds have annihilated me. BSB BSB: Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17 UEB They surround me like water all the day long; they have all encircled me. BSB BSB: All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
18 UEB You have removed every friend and acquaintance from me. My only acquaintance is the darkness. BSB BSB: You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
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