1. A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah. Unto the end. For Mahalath, to answer the understanding of Heman the Ezrahite.
2. O Lord, God of my salvation: I have cried out, day and night, in your presence.
3. Let my prayer enter in your sight. Incline your ear to my petition.
4. For my soul has been filled with evils, and my life has drawn near to Hell.
5. I am considered to be among those who will descend into the pit. I have become like a man without assistance,
6. idle among the dead. I am like the wounded sleeping in sepulchers, whom you no longer remember, and who have been repelled by your hand.
7. They have lain me in the lower pit: in dark places and in the shadow of death.