Dual Panel1A song <07892>, a psalm <04210> written by the Korahites <07141> <01121>; for the music director <05329>; according to <05921> the machalath-leannoth style <06031> <04257>; a well-written song <04905> by Heman <01968> the Ezrachite <0250>. O Lord <03068> God <0430> who delivers <03444> me! By day <03117> I cry out <06817> and at night <03915> I pray before <05048> you.
2Listen to my prayer <08605>! Pay attention <0241> to my cry <07440> for help!
3For <03588> my life <05315> is filled <07646> with troubles <07451> and I <02416> am ready to enter <05060> Sheol <07585>.
4They treat <02803> me like <05973> those who descend <03381> into the grave <0953>. I am <01961> like a helpless <0353> <0369> man <01397>,
5adrift <02670> among the dead <04191>, like <03644> corpses <02491> lying <07901> in the grave <06913>, whom <0834> you remember <02142> no <03808> more <05750>, and who are <01992> cut off <01504> from your power <03027>.
6You place <07896> me in the lowest regions <08482> of the pit <0953>, in the dark places <04285>, in the watery depths <04688>.
7Your anger <02534> bears down <05564> on <05921> me, and you overwhelm <06031> me with all <03605> your waves <04867>. (Selah <05542>)
8You cause <07368> those who know <03045> me to keep <07368> their distance <07368>; you make <07896> me an appalling <08441> sight to them. I am trapped <03607> and cannot <03808> get free <03318>.
9My eyes <05869> grow weak <01669> because <04480> of oppression <06040>. I call out <07121> to you, O Lord <03068>, all <03605> day <03117> long; I spread out <07849> my hands <03709> in prayer to <0413> you.
10Do <06213> you accomplish <06213> amazing things <06382> for the dead <04191>? Do <0518> the departed spirits <07496> rise up <06965> and give you thanks <03034>? (Selah <05542>)
11Is your loyal love <02617> proclaimed <05608> in the grave <06913>, or your faithfulness <0530> in the place of the dead <011>?
12Are your amazing deeds <06382> experienced <03045> in the dark <02822> region, or your deliverance <06666> in the land <0776> of oblivion <05388>?
13As for me, I <0589> cry out <07768> to <0413> you, O Lord <03068>; in the morning <01242> my prayer <08605> confronts <06923> you.
14O Lord <03068>, why <04100> do you reject <02186> me <05315>, and pay no attention <06440> <05641> to <04480> me?
15I <0589> am oppressed <06041> and have been on the verge of death <01478> since my youth <05290>. I have been subjected <05375> to your horrors <0367> and am numb with pain <06323>.
16Your anger <02740> overwhelms <05674> <05921> me; your terrors <01161> destroy <06789> me.
17They surround <05437> me like water <04325> all <03605> day <03117> long; they join forces <03162> and encircle <05362> me.
18You cause my friends <0157> and neighbors <07453> to keep <07368> their distance <07368>; those who know <03045> me leave me alone in the darkness <04285>.