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For the leader; according to <i>Mahalath</i>. For singing; a <i>maskil</i> of Heman the Ezrahite.</p> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23088002" class="ver">2</span><span class="tetr">Lord</span>, the God of my salvation, I call out by day;</p> <p class="sl1">at night I cry aloud in your presence.<a id="ren23088002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23088002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088003" class="ver">3</span>Let my prayer come before you;</p> <p class="sl1">incline your ear to my cry.<a id="ren23088003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23088003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088004" class="ver">4</span><a id="rfn23088004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23088004-1">*</a>For my soul is filled with troubles;<a id="ren23088004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23088004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">my life draws near to Sheol.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088005" class="ver">5</span>I am reckoned with those who go down to the pit;</p> <p class="sl1">I am like a warrior without strength.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088006" class="ver">6</span>My couch is among the dead,</p> <p class="sl1">like the slain who lie in the grave.</p> <p class="sl">You remember them no more;</p> <p class="sl1">they are cut off from your influence.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088007" class="ver">7</span>You plunge me into the bottom of the pit,</p> <p class="sl1">into the darkness of the abyss.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088008" class="ver">8</span>Your wrath lies heavy upon me;</p> <p class="sl1">all your waves crash over me.<a id="ren23088008-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23088008-d">d</a></p> <p class="sli"><i>Selah</i></p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23088009" class="ver">9</span>Because of you my acquaintances shun me;</p> <p class="sl1">you make me loathsome to them;<a id="ren23088009-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23088009-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl">Caged in, I cannot escape;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v23088010" class="ver">10</span>my eyes grow dim from trouble.</p> <p class="slf">All day I call on you, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl1">I stretch out my hands to you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088011" class="ver">11</span><a id="rfn23088011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23088011-1">*</a>Do you work wonders for the dead?</p> <p class="sl1">Do the shades arise and praise you?<a id="ren23088011-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23088011-f">f</a></p> <p class="sli"><i>Selah</i></p> </div> <p class="chsect">III</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23088012" class="ver">12</span>Is your mercy proclaimed in the grave,</p> <p class="sl1">your faithfulness among those who have perished?<a id="rfn23088012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23088012-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088013" class="ver">13</span>Are your marvels declared in the darkness,</p> <p class="sl1">your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?</p> </div> <p class="chsect">IV</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23088014" class="ver">14</span>But I cry out to you, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl1">in the morning my prayer comes before you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088015" class="ver">15</span>Why do you reject my soul, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">and hide your face from me?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088016" class="ver">16</span>I have been mortally afflicted since youth;</p> <p class="sl1">I have borne your terrors and I am made numb.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088017" class="ver">17</span>Your wrath has swept over me;</p> <p class="sl1">your terrors have destroyed me.<a id="ren23088017-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23088017-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088018" class="ver">18</span>All day they surge round like a flood;</p> <p class="sl1">from every side they encircle me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23088019" class="ver">19</span>Because of you friend and neighbor shun me;<a id="ren23088019-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23088019-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl1">my only friend is darkness.</p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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