³ For my soul is full of troubles,
    and ^(A)my life draws near to ^(B)Sheol.
⁴ I am counted among those who ^(C)go down to the pit;
    I am a man who has no strength,
⁵ like one set loose among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom ^(D)you remember no more,
    for they are ^(E)cut off from your hand.
⁶ You have put me in ^(F)the depths of the pit,
    in the ^(G)regions dark and ^(H)deep.
⁷ Your wrath ^(I)lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with ^(J)all your waves. Selah

⁸ You have caused ^(K)my companions to shun me;
    you have made me ^(L)a horror^[a] to them.
I am ^(M)shut in so that I cannot escape;
^{9     (N)}my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
    I ^(O)spread out my hands to you.
¹⁰ Do you work wonders for the dead?
    ^(P)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
¹¹ Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
    or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
¹² Are your ^(Q)wonders known in ^(R)the darkness,
    or your righteousness in the land of ^(S)forgetfulness?

¹³ But I, O Lord, cry ^(T)to you;
    ^(U)in the morning my prayer comes before you.
¹⁴ O Lord, why ^(V)do you cast my soul away?
    Why ^(W)do you hide your face from me?
¹⁵ Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.^[b]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your ^(X)dreadful assaults destroy me.
¹⁷ They ^(Y)surround me like a flood ^(Z)all day long;
    they ^(AA)close in on me together.
¹⁸ You have caused ^(AB)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.^[c]