¹⁷ Do not hide your face^(A) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,^(B) for I am in trouble.^(C)

⁹ Do not hide your face^(A) from me,
    do not turn your servant away in anger;^(B)
    you have been my helper.^(C)
Do not reject me or forsake^(D) me,
    God my Savior.^(E)

²⁹ When you hide your face,^(A)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.^(B)

¹⁷ I will wait^(A) for the Lord,
    who is hiding^(B) his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.^(C)

⁷ Answer me quickly,^(A) Lord;
    my spirit fails.^(B)
Do not hide your face^(C) from me
    or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

³ I am overwhelmed with troubles^(A)
    and my life draws near to death.^(B)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;^(C)
    I am like one without strength.^(D)
5 I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off^(E) from your care.

⁶ You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.^(F)
7 Your wrath^(G) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.^[a](H)
8 You have taken from me my closest friends^(I)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined^(J) and cannot escape;^(K)
9     my eyes^(L) are dim with grief.

I call^(M) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands^(N) to you.
¹⁰ Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?^(O)
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness^(P) in Destruction^[b]?
¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³ But I cry to you for help,^(Q) Lord;
    in the morning^(R) my prayer comes before you.^(S)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject^(T) me
    and hide your face^(U) from me?

¹⁵ From my youth^(V) I have suffered^(W) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors^(X) and am in despair.^(Y)
16 Your wrath^(Z) has swept over me;
    your terrors^(AA) have destroyed me.
¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(AB)
    they have completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(AC) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.