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[1] A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.
[2] O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, God of my salvation, what time I cry in the night before Thee,
[3] Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry.
[4] For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
[5] I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;
[6] Set apart among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom rememberest no more; and they are cut off from Thy hand.
[7] Thou hast laid me in the nether-most pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
[8] Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah
[9] Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
[10] Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.
[11] Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah
[12] Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
[13] Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
[14] But as for me, unto Thee, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, do I cry, and in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.
[15] 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?
[16] I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.
[17] Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
[18] They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together.
[19] Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
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