| 1 | A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.` -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee, |
| 2 | My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry, |
| 3 | For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol. |
| 4 | I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength. |
| 5 | Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off. |
| 6 | Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths. |
| 7 | Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah. |
| 8 | Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth. |
| 9 | Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands. |
| 10 | To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah. |
| 11 | Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? |
| 12 | Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
| 13 | And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee. |
| 14 | Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me. |
| 15 | I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away. |
| 16 | Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off, |
| 17 | They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together, |
| 18 | Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness! |
