Of David. To You, Adonai, I call— my Rock, do not be deaf to me. If You were silent to me, I would become like those going down to the Pit.
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life sees the light.’
A contemplative poem of David, when he was in the cave, a prayer.
I cry aloud with my voice to Adonai. With my voice I seek favor from Adonai.
Answer me speedily, Adonai— my spirit fails. Hide not Your face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the Pit.
He said, I love You, Adonai my strength!
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Distant from my salvation are the words of my groaning.
But You, Adonai, are a shield around me, my glory and the lifter of my head.
Adonai, You brought my soul up from Sheol. You kept me alive, so I would not go down to the Pit.
To You, Adonai, I called, and to my Lord I made my plea:
You have seen it, Adonai—be not silent! Adonai, be not far from me.
With rebukes You chasten one for iniquity and You consume like a moth what he finds pleasure in. Surely all humanity is but a vapor. Selah
By day Adonai commands His love, and at night His song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
Hear my words, Adonai, consider my groaning.
Deliver me from the mire— do not let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, out of the deep waters.
For the music director, on Jeduthun: a psalm of Asaph.
A song: a psalm of Asaph.
Let’s swallow them alive like Sheol— still healthy, as they go down to the Pit!
Trust in Adonai forever, for the Lord Adonai is a Rock of ages.
For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
He also threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed. After these things, he must be released for a short while.