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¹ Lord God, you are my Savior.
    I have been praying to you day and night.
² Please pay attention to my prayers.
    Listen to my prayers for mercy.
³ My soul has had enough of this pain!
    I am ready to die.
⁴ People already treat me like a dead man,
    like someone too weak to live.
⁵ Look for me among the dead,
    like a body in the grave.
I am one of those you have forgotten,
    cut off from you and your care.
⁶ You put me in that hole in the ground.
    Yes, you put me in that dark place.
⁷ Your anger presses down on me like a heavy weight.
    It's like one wave after another pounding against me. Selah

⁸ You made my friends leave me.
    They all avoid me like someone no one wants to touch.
Like a prisoner in my house, I cannot go out.
⁹     My eyes hurt from crying.
Lord, I pray to you constantly!
    I lift my arms in prayer to you.
¹⁰ Do you do miracles for the dead?
    Do ghosts rise up and praise you? No! Selah

¹¹ The dead in their graves cannot talk about your faithful love.
    People in the world of the dead^[a] cannot talk about your faithfulness.
¹² The dead who lie in darkness cannot see the amazing things you do.
    Those in the world of the forgotten cannot talk about your goodness.
¹³ Lord, I am asking you to help me!
    Early each morning I pray to you.
¹⁴ Lord, why have you abandoned me?
    Why do you refuse to listen to me?
¹⁵ I have been sick and weak since I was young.
    I have suffered your anger, and I am helpless.
¹⁶ Your anger covers me like a flood.
    Your attacks are killing me.
¹⁷ They surround me on every side.
    I feel like a drowning man.
¹⁸ You caused my friends and loved ones to leave me.
    Now darkness is my closest friend.