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 troubles and 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.