CLV(i)
1 {Contemplating, For Heman the Ezrahite{ O Yahweh, Elohim of my salvation, By day I cry out, Even in the night in front of You."
2 May my prayer come before You; Stretch out Your ear to my appeal.
3 For my soul is surfeited with perils, And my life touches close to the unseen."
4 I am reckoned with descenders to the crypt; I become like a master who is without stamina,
5 With the dead set free, Like the slain who lie in a burying ground, Whom You do not remember any more, For they are severed from Your hand."
6 You have set me down in the nether crypt, In utter darkness, in shadowy depths;"
7 Your fury bears down upon me, And You humble me with all Your breakers. {Interlude{ "
8 You have taken my close acquaintances far from me; You have set me down as abhorrent to them; Being shut up, I cannot go forth."
9 My eye, it pines away with humiliation; I call on You, O Yahweh, throughout every day; I spread out my palms to You."
10 Would You perform marvelous works for the dead? Or do Rephaim arise and acclaim You? {Interlude{
11 Is Your benignity recounted in the tomb, Your faithfulness in destruction?
12 Are Your marvelous works known in darkness, And Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
13 As for me, I implore You, O Yahweh; In the morning, my prayer goes out before You."
14 Why, O Yahweh, are You casting off my soul And concealing Your face from me?
15 From my youth have I been humbled and wearied unto death; I have borne the dread of You; I am distracted.
16 Your hot anger has passed upon me; Your frightenings have effaced me.
17 They surround me like waters the entire day; They encompass about me altogether.
18 You have taken far from me loved one and associate; My close acquaintances are darkness to me.