O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: * O let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear unto my calling;
 
For my soul is full of trouble, * and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
 
I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit, * and I am even as a man that hath no strength;
 
Cast off among the dead, like unto them that are slain, and lie in the grave, * who are out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand.
 
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, * in a place of darkness, and in the deep.
 
Thine indignation lieth hard upon me, * and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms.
 
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, * and made me to be abhorred of them.
 
I am so fast in prison * that I cannot get forth.
 
My sight faileth for very trouble; * LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee.
 
Dost thou show wonders among the dead? * or shall the dead rise up again, and praise thee?
 
Shall thy loving-kindness be showed in the grave? * or thy faithfulness in destruction?
 
Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? * and thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?
 
Unto thee have I cried, O LORD; * and early shall my prayer come before thee.
 
LORD, why abhorrest thou my soul, * and hidest thou thy face from me?
 
I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die; * even from my youth up, thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind.
 
Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me, * and the fear of thee hath undone me.
 
They came round about me daily like water, * and compassed me together on every side.
 
My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me, * and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight.

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