1Yahweh, God of my salvation,
I cry out day and night before you.

2Listen to my prayer;
pay attention to my cry.

3For I am filled with troubles,
and my life has reached Sheol.

4People treat me like those who go down into the pit;
I am a man with no strength.

5I 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.

6You place me in the lowest part of the pit,
in the dark and deep places.

7Your wrath lies heavy on me,
and all your waves crash over me. Selah

8Because of you, my acquaintances avoid me.
You have made me a shocking sight to them.
I am hemmed in and I cannot escape.

9My eyes grow weary from trouble;
All day long I call out to you, Yahweh;
I spread out my hands to you.

10Will you do wonders for the dead?
Will those who have died rise and praise you? Selah

11Will your covenant faithfulness be proclaimed in the grave,
your loyalty in the place of the dead?

12Will your wonderful deeds be known in the darkness,
or your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness?

13But I cry to you, Yahweh;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.

14Yahweh, why do you reject me?
Why do you hide your face from me?

15I have always been afflicted and on the verge of death since my youth.
I have suffered from your terrors; I am in despair.

16Your angry actions have passed over me,
and your terrifying deeds have annihilated me.

17They surround me like water all the day long;
they have all encircled me.

18You have removed every friend and acquaintance from me.
My only acquaintance is the darkness.