¹⁷ Unless the Lord had given me help,^(A)
    I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.^(B)

¹⁷ Let me not be put to shame,^(A) Lord,
    for I have cried out to you;
but let the wicked be put to shame
    and be silent^(B) in the realm of the dead.

¹³ I was pushed back and about to fall,
    but the Lord helped me.^(A)

¹⁷ It is not the dead^(A) who praise the Lord,
    those who go down to the place of silence;

³ Look on me^(A) and answer,^(B) Lord my God.
    Give light to my eyes,^(C) or I will sleep in death,^(D)

⁴ Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;
    no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;^(A)
    no one cares^(B) for my life.

⁵ I cry to you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my refuge,^(C)
    my portion^(D) in the land of the living.”^(E)