To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.
God has delivered me from going down to the pit, and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’
I cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.
I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble.
Answer me quickly, Lord; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain.
Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people; praise his holy name.
“What is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
Lord, you have seen this; do not be silent. Do not be far from me, Lord.
“Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?”
Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.
Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.
I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me.
O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.
let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.
For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.