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2May my prayer come before you;
turn your ear to my cry.

3For my soul is full of trouble
and my life draws near the grave.Hebrew Sheol

4I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am like a man without strength.

5I am set apart with the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
who are cut off from your care.

6You have put me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.

7Your wrath lies heavily upon me;
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
Selah

8You have taken from me my closest friends
and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined and cannot escape;

9my eyes are dim with grief.
I call to you, O LORD, every day;
I spread out my hands to you.

10Do you show your wonders to the dead?
Do those who are dead rise up and praise you?
Selah

13But I cry to you for help, O LORD;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.

14Why, O LORD, do you reject me
and hide your face from me?

15From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death;
I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.

16Your wrath has swept over me;
your terrors have destroyed me.

17All day long they surround me like a flood;
they have completely engulfed me.

18You have taken my companions and loved ones from me;
the darkness is my closest friend.