Forsakenamong the dead,Likethe slainwho liein the grave,WhomYou remembernomore,And they are cutofffrom Your hand.
Thus it cameabout, when Goddestroyedthe citiesof the valley,that GodrememberedAbraham,and sentLotout of the midstof the overthrow,when He overthrewthe citiesin whichLotlived.
But GodrememberedNoahand allthe beastsand allthe cattlethat were with him in the ark;and Godcaused a windto passoverthe earth,and the watersubsided.
"IfHe passesby or shutsup, Or callsan assembly,whocan restrainHim?
"My spiritis broken,my daysare extinguished,The graveis [ready] for me.
"Would that Godwere willingto crushme, That He would looseHis handand cutme off!
Whorememberedus in our lowestate,For His lovingkindnessis everlasting,
To You, O LORD,I call;My rock,do not be deafto me, For if You are silentto me, I will becomelikethose who godownto the pit.
I am forgottenas a deadman,out of mind;I amlike a brokenvessel.
As for me, I saidin my alarm,"I am cutofffrom beforeYour eyes";NeverthelessYou heardthe voiceof my supplicationsWhen I criedto You.
Your burningangerhas passedoverme; Your terrorshave destroyedme.
By oppressionand judgmentHe was takenaway; And as for His generation,whoconsideredThat He was cutoffout of the landof the livingFor the transgressionof my people,to whom the stroke[was due]?
Then He saidto me, "Sonof man,thesebonesare the wholehouseof Israel;behold,they say,Our bonesare driedup and our hopehas perished.We are completely cutoff.'
