Of David. To you, Lord, I call; my Rock, do not be deaf to me, Do not be silent toward me, so that I join those who go down to the pit.
He delivered me from passing to the pit, and my life sees light.”
A maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer.
With my own voice I cry to the Lord; with my own voice I beseech the Lord.
Hasten to answer me, Lord; for my spirit fails me. Do not hide your face from me, lest I become like those descending to the pit.
He said: I love you, Lord, my strength,
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from my call for help, from my cries of anguish?
But you, Lord, are a shield around me; my glory, you keep my head high.
Lord, you brought my soul up from Sheol; you let me live, from going down to the pit.
To you, Lord, I cried out; with the Lord I pleaded for mercy:
You see this, Lord; do not be silent; Lord, do not withdraw from me.
You chastise man with rebukes for sin; like a moth you consume his treasures. Every man is but a breath. Selah
By day may the Lord send his mercy, and by night may his righteousness be with me! I will pray to the God of my life,
Give ear to my words, O Lord; understand my sighing.
Rescue me from the mire, and do not let me sink. Rescue me from those who hate me and from the watery depths.
For the leader; According to Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph.
A song; a psalm of Asaph.
Let us swallow them alive, like Sheol, whole, like those who go down to the pit!
Trust in the Lord forever! For the Lord is an eternal Rock.
For it is not Sheol that gives you thanks, nor death that praises you; Neither do those who go down into the pit await your kindness.
and threw it into the abyss, which he locked over it and sealed, so that it could no longer lead the nations astray until the thousand years are completed. After this, it is to be released for a short time.