Brenton(i)
3 (87:3) For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades.
4 (87:4) I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
5 (87:5) free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom thou rememberest no more; and they are rejected from thy hand.
6 (87:6) They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death.
7 (87:7) Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. Pause.
8 (87:8) Thou hast removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.
9 (87:9) Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee.
10 (87:10) Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise them up, that they shall praise thee?
11 (87:11) Shall any one declare thy mercy in the tomb? and thy truth in destruction?
12 (87:12) Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?
13 (87:13) But I cried to thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14 (87:14) Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, and turn thy face away from me?
15 (87:15) I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.
16 (87:16) Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted me.
17 (87:17) They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
18 (87:18) Thou hast put far from me every friend, and mine acquaintances because of my wretchedness.