1O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and nightbeforeעַל־'al-H5921thee:
2Let my prayer enterintoבַלַּ֣יְלָהva.Lay.lahH3915thypresenceנֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃neg.De.khaH5048; incline thine ear unto mycryצָעַ֖קְתִּיtza.'Ak.tiH6817:
3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
4I am counted with them that godownהִגִּֽיעוּ׃hi.Gi.'uH5060into the pit; I am as amanנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315that hath no help:
5CastoffH3381among the dead, like the slain thatlieהָ֝יִ֗יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961in the grave, whom thou rememberestnoH369moreH369; and they are cutoffH3381from thy hand.
6Thou hastlaidשֹׁ֥כְבֵיSho.khe.veiH7901meבַּמֵּתִ֗יםba.me.TimH4191in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
7Thy wrath lieth hard uponmeH7896, and thou hast afflictedmeH7896withallH7896thy waves. Selah
8Thou hast put mine acquaintancefarH5921frommeH5921; thou hastmadeוְכָל־ve.kholH3605meH5921an abomination unto them: I am shutupH5921, and I cannot come forth.
9Mineמִ֫מֶּ֥נִּיmi.Me.niH4480eye wastethawayמִנִּ֫יmi.NiH4480by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O LORD, I havespreadH3318forthH3318my hands unto thee.
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