^{1 Ref} <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite.> O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

^{2 Ref} Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:

^{3 Ref} For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

^{4 Ref} I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:

^{5 Ref} My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.

^{6 Ref} You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

^{7 Ref} The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)

^{8 Ref} You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.

^{9 Ref} My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

^{10 Ref} Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

^{11 Ref} Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?

^{12 Ref} May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

^{13 Ref} But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.

^{14 Ref} Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?

^{15 Ref} I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.

^{16 Ref} The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.

^{17 Ref} They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.

^{18 Ref} You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.

^{1 Ref} 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 Ref} My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,

^{3 Ref} For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

^{4 Ref} I have been reckoned with those going down `to' the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

^{5 Ref} 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 Ref} Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

^{7 Ref} Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And `with' all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.

^{8 Ref} Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth.

^{9 Ref} Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.

^{10 Ref} To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.

^{11 Ref} Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?

^{12 Ref} Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

^{13 Ref} And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.

^{14 Ref} Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.

^{15 Ref} I `am' afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.

^{16 Ref} Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

^{17 Ref} They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,

^{18 Ref} Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance `is' the place of darkness!

^{1 Ref} O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

^{2 Ref} Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.

^{3 Ref} For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

^{4 Ref} I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

^{5 Ref} Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

^{6 Ref} Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

^{7 Ref} Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah

^{8 Ref} Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

^{9 Ref} Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.

^{10 Ref} Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah

^{11 Ref} Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

^{12 Ref} Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

^{13 Ref} But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

^{14 Ref} Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?

^{15 Ref} I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

^{16 Ref} Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

^{17 Ref} They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

^{18 Ref} Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. Psalm 89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.