1 Lord, you are the God who saves me;day and night I cry out to you.
2 May my prayer come before you;turn your ear to my cry.
3 I am overwhelmed with troublesand my life draws near to death.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;I am like one without strength.
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 from your care.
6 You have put me in the lowest pit,in the darkest depths.