¹A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. ²May my prayer come before You; ³For my soul is full of troubles, ⁴I am counted among those descending to the Pit. ⁵I am forsaken among the dead, ⁶You have laid me in the lowest Pit, ⁷Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; ⁸You have removed my friends from me; ⁹My eyes grow dim with grief. ¹⁰Do You work wonders for the dead? ¹¹Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, ¹²Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, ¹³But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; ¹⁴Why, O LORD, do You reject me? ¹⁵From my youth I was afflicted and near death. ¹⁶Your wrath has swept over me; ¹⁷All day long they engulf me like water; ¹⁸You have removed my beloved and my friend;