¹⁷ And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.

28 To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock:
^(A)Do not be silent to me,
^(B)Lest, if You are silent to me,
I become like those who go down to the pit.

^9 (A)Do not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.

¹⁸ For ^(A)Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

^2 (A)Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble;
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day that I call, answer me speedily.

⁴ I am counted with those who ^(A)go^[a] down to the pit;
^(B)I am like a man who has no strength,
^5 [b]Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

^3 (A)I am weary with my crying;
My throat is dry;
^(B)My eyes fail while I wait for my God.