A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.
LORD, the God of my salvation, Isa 12:2Psa 22:2Luk 18:7Psa 86:31Ki 4:31Gen 49:18Psa 27:9Psa 53:1
I have cried day and night before you.
Let my prayer enter into your presence. Psa 31:2Psa 141:1-2Lam 3:8Psa 79:111Ki 8:31
Turn 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
My life draws near to Sheol. 1
I am counted among those who go down into 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 who has no help,
set apart 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.
They are cut off from your hand.
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 depths.
Your wrath lies heavily on me. Psa 42:71Pe 2:24Job 6:4Rom 2:5-9Jhn 3:36Job 10:16Jon 2:3Psa 102:10
You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
You have taken 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 an abomination to them.
I am confined, and I can’t escape.
My eyes are dim from grief. Job 11:13Psa 38:10Psa 86:3Psa 143:6Psa 42:3Ezk 17:11Jhn 11:35Job 16:20
I have called on you daily, LORD.
I have spread out my hands to you.
Do you show wonders to 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 the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.
Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Pro 15:112Pe 2:1Job 21:30Job 26:6Mat 7:13Psa 55:23Psa 73:18Rom 9:22
Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
Are your wonders made known in the dark? 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 forgetfulness?
But to you, LORD, I have cried. Psa 5:3Mrk 1:35Psa 30:2Psa 119:147-148
In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
LORD, why do you reject my soul? 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?
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. Job 6:4Luk 22:44Isa 53:10Job 7:11-16Psa 73:14Zec 13:7Isa 53:3Job 17:1
While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Gal 3:13Rev 6:17Dan 9:26Isa 53:4-6Isa 53:8Psa 102:10Psa 38:1-2Psa 89:46
Your terrors have cut me off.
They came around me like water all day long. Psa 22:16Psa 116:3Psa 69:1-2Job 16:12-13Job 30:14-15Lam 3:5-7Mat 27:39-44Psa 118:10-12
They completely engulfed me.
You have put lover and friend far from me, Psa 88:8Psa 38:11Job 19:12-15Psa 31:11
and my friends into darkness.