When the Lord is angry with me, it destroys me
This song is a Psalm of the Korah group. Tell the leader of the choir that the flutes must play and the people must sing. Heman, a descendant of Ezrah, wrote this song.
1Lord, You are my God who saves me.
I pray to You every day and every night
and ask You for help.
2Please listen to my prayer,
and please hear when I beg You,
3because I have a lot of trouble.
I am discouraged and
it feels like I am going to die.
4People think that I will be buried soon.
I have no strength left.
5Lord, it feels like You have left me
with people who have died,
people who have been killed
and lie down in graves,
like people that You don't remember
because You don't look after them anymore.
6It feels like You have thrown me
into the underworld,
into the deep dark place.
7You are angry with me
and I am discouraged.
It feels like big waves are coming over me. Selah
8You made the people who know me
stay far away from me.
They don't want to come near me,
and they hate me.
I am trapped. I can not escape.
9My eyes can not see because I suffer so much.
I pray to You, O Lord,
I put out my hands and pray to You every day.
10You don't do miracles
for people who have died.
They don't get up to praise You. Selah
11They don't talk about your love
in the grave,
and no one talks about your faithfulness
in the underworld.
12They don't know about
your miracles in the dark place,
and no one talks about your righteousness
in the place where no one
can remember anything.
13But, Lord, I pray to You
and ask You for help.
Every morning I pray to You.
14Lord, why are You pushing me away?
Why don't You look at me?
15I can not help myself.
I have been weak and very sick
from the time I was young.
You made me suffer a lot,
and I do not know what to do.
16You are angry with me
and your punishment destroys me.
17It feels like a water flood
is around me all day long.
My troubles come from all sides.
18You made my friends and the people I love
leave me alone,
and it is all dark around me.
