I Cry Out before You
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. 1 A Maskil 2of Heman the Ezrahite.
O LORD, the God of my salvation, Isa 12:2Psa 22:2Luk 18:7Psa 86:31Ki 4:31Gen 49:18Psa 27:9Psa 53:1
day and night I cry out before You.
May my prayer come before You; Psa 31:2Psa 141:1-2Lam 3:8Psa 79:111Ki 8:31
incline Your ear to my cry.
For my soul is full of troubles, Psa 107:18Lam 3:15-19Mrk 14:33-34Isa 53:10-11Isa 53:3Job 33:22Job 6:2-4Mat 26:37-39
and my life draws near to Sheol.
I am counted among those descending to the Pit. Psa 28:12Co 1:9Isa 38:17-18Psa 143:7Psa 31:122Co 13:4Job 17:1Psa 30:9
I am like a man without strength.
I am forsaken among the dead, Isa 53:8Psa 31:22Isa 14:9-12Psa 136:23Ezk 32:18-32Gen 19:29Gen 8:1Isa 38:10-12
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom You remember no more,
who are cut off from Your care.
You have laid me in the lowest Pit, Psa 69:15Psa 86:13Jhn 12:46Lam 3:2Psa 143:3Psa 40:2Deu 32:22Jud 1:13
in the darkest of the depths.
Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; Psa 42:71Pe 2:24Job 6:4Rom 2:5-9Jhn 3:36Job 10:16Jon 2:3Psa 102:10
all Your waves have submerged me.
Selah
You have removed my friends from me; Psa 31:11Isa 49:7Job 30:10Isa 63:3Jer 32:2Jhn 15:23-24Job 19:13-19Lam 3:7-9
You have made me repulsive to them;
I am confined and cannot escape.
My eyes grow dim with grief. Job 11:13Psa 38:10Psa 86:3Psa 143:6Psa 42:3Ezk 17:11Jhn 11:35Job 16:20
I call to You daily, O LORD;
I spread out my hands to You.
Do You work wonders for the dead? Isa 26:19Psa 6:5Isa 38:18-19Psa 30:91Co 15:52-57Mrk 5:35-36Ezk 37:1-14Job 14:7-12
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?
Selah
Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Pro 15:112Pe 2:1Job 21:30Job 26:6Mat 7:13Psa 55:23Psa 73:18Rom 9:22
Your faithfulness in Abaddon 3?
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, Ecc 9:5Mat 8:12Ecc 2:16Ecc 8:10Isa 8:22Job 10:21-22Jud 1:13Psa 143:3
or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; Psa 5:3Mrk 1:35Psa 30:2Psa 119:147-148
in the morning my prayer comes before You.
Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Job 13:24Psa 13:1Psa 43:2Psa 44:24Mat 27:46Psa 44:9Psa 69:17Psa 77:7-9
Why do You hide Your face from me?
From my youth I was afflicted and near death. Job 6:4Luk 22:44Isa 53:10Job 7:11-16Psa 73:14Zec 13:7Isa 53:3Job 17:1
I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
Your wrath has swept over me; Gal 3:13Rev 6:17Dan 9:26Isa 53:4-6Isa 53:8Psa 102:10Psa 38:1-2Psa 89:46
Your terrors have destroyed me.
All day long they engulf me like water; Psa 22:16Psa 116:3Psa 69:1-2Job 16:12-13Job 30:14-15Lam 3:5-7Mat 27:39-44Psa 118:10-12
they enclose me on every side.
You have removed my beloved and my friend; Psa 88:8Psa 38:11Job 19:12-15Psa 31:11
darkness is my closest companion.