I Cry Out before You 1 WBS A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and 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 WBS Let my prayer come before thee: incline thy ear to my cry; BSB BSB: May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
3 WBS For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh to the grave. BSB BSB: For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 WBS I am counted 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 WBS Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they 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 WBS Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. BSB BSB: You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
7 WBS Thy wrath 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 WBS Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination to 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 WBS My eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have 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 WBS Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. BSB BSB: Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
11 WBS Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? BSB BSB: Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 WBS 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 WBS But to thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. BSB BSB: But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 WBS LORD, why 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 WBS I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. BSB BSB: From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
16 WBS Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. BSB BSB: Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17 WBS They came around me daily like water; they encompassed me together. BSB BSB: All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
18 WBS Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness. BSB BSB: You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
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