² Let my prayer come before thee,
    incline thy ear to my cry!

⁴ I am reckoned among those who go down to the Pit;
    I am a man who has no strength,
⁵ like one forsaken among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom thou dost remember no more,
    for they are cut off from thy hand.

⁶ Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit,
    in the regions dark and deep.

⁷ Thy wrath lies heavy upon me,
    and thou dost overwhelm me with all thy waves.Selah
⁸ Thou hast caused my companions to shun me;
    thou hast made me a thing of horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;