1A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you. 2Let my prayer enter into your presence; Incline your ear to my cry. 3For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draws near to Sheol. 4I am reckoned with those who go down into the pit; I am as an [able-bodied] man without strength, 5Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more, And they are cut off from your hand. 6You have laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps. 7Your wrath lies hard on me, And you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. 8You have put my acquaintances far from me; You have made me disgusting to them: I am shut up, and I can't come forth. 9My eye wastes away by reason of affliction: I have called daily on you, O Yahweh; I have spread forth my hands to you. 10Will you show wonders to the dead? Will the spirits of the dead arise and praise you? Selah. 11Will your loving-kindness be declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? 12Will your wonders be known in the dark? And your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13But to you, O Yahweh, I have cried; And in the morning my prayer will come before you. 14Yahweh, why do you cast off my soul? Why do you hide your face from me? 15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer your terrors I am distracted. 16Your fierce wrath has gone over me; Your terrors have cut me off. 17They came round about me like water all the day long; They surrounded me together. 18Lover and companion you have put far from me, My acquaintances into darkness.