LEB(i)
3 For my soul is full with troubles, and my life approaches Sheol.
4 I am reckoned with those descending to the pit. I am like a man* without strength,*
5 set free* among the dead, like the slain lying in the grave, whom you no longer remember, even those cut off from your hand.
6 You have set me in the pit below, in dark places, in the depths.
7 Your wrath presses upon me, and you afflict me with all your waves. Selah
8 You have removed my acquaintances far from me. You have made me detestable* to them. I am confined and cannot go out.
9 My eye languishes from misery. I call on you, O Yahweh, every day; I spread out my hands* to you.
10 Do you work wonders* for the dead? Or do the departed spirits* rise up to praise you? Selah
11 Is your loyal love told in the grave, or your faithfulness in the underworld?*
12 Are your wonders* known in the darkness, or your righteousness* in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But as for me, I cry for help to you, O Yahweh, and in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 Why do you reject my soul, O Yahweh? Why do you hide your face from me?
15 I am afflicted and perishing from my youth. I bear your terrors. I am distraught.*
16 Your burning anger has passed over me; your sudden fears have destroyed me.
17 They surround me like water all the day; they circle about me altogether.
18 You have removed loved one and friend far from me, my acquaintances far from my darkness.