| 1 | Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you. | Ps 53:1 |
| 2 | Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry. | Ps 79:11 Ps 141:1 Ps 141:2 1Ki 8:31 Lam 3:8 |
| 3 | For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol. | Ps 88:14 Ps 88:15 Ps 22:11-21 Ps 69:17-21 Ps 77:2 Ps 143:3 Ps 143:4 Jb 6:2-4 Isa 53:3 Isa 53:10 Isa 53:11 Lam 3:15-19 Mt 26:37-39 Mk 14:33 Mk 14:34 |
| 4 | I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help, | Ps 28:1 Ps 30:9 Ps 143:7 Jb 17:1 Isa 38:17 Isa 38:18 Ezk 26:20 Jon 2:6 2Co 1:9 |
| 5 | Set apart among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand. | Isa 14:9-12 Isa 38:10-12 Ezk 32:18-32 |
| 6 | You have laid me in the lowest pit, In the darkest depths. | Ps 40:2 Ps 86:13 Dt 32:22 |
| 7 | Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. | Ps 38:1 Ps 90:7 Ps 102:10 Jb 6:4 Jb 10:16 Jn 3:36 Ro 2:5-9 1Pe 2:24 Rev 6:16 Rev 6:17 |
| 8 | You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can`t escape. | Ps 88:18 Ps 31:11 Ps 143:4 1Sa 23:18-20 Jb 19:13-19 Jn 11:57 |
| 9 | My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you. | Ps 38:10 Ps 42:3 Ps 102:9 Jb 16:20 Jb 17:7 Lam 3:48 Lam 3:49 Jn 11:35 |
| 10 | Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah. | Ps 6:5 Ps 30:9 Ps 115:17 Ps 118:17 Isa 38:18 Isa 38:19 Mk 5:35 Mk 5:36 |
| 11 | Is your lovingkindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? | Ps 55:23 Ps 73:18 Jb 21:30 Jb 26:6 Pr 15:11 Mt 7:13 Ro 9:22 2Pe 2:1 |
| 12 | Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? | Ps 143:3 Jb 10:21 Jb 10:22 Isa 8:22 Mt 8:12 Jud 1:13 Jud 1:5 Jud 31:12 Ec 2:16 Ec 8:10 Ec 9:5 |
| 13 | But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you. | Ps 5:3 Ps 119:147 Ps 119:148 Mk 1:35 |
| 14 | Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me? | Ps 43:2 Ps 77:7-9 Mt 27:46 |
| 15 | I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. | Ps 73:14 Jb 17:1 Jb 17:11-16 Isa 53:3 |
| 16 | Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off. | Ps 38:1 Ps 38:2 Ps 89:46 Ps 90:7 Ps 90:11 Ps 102:10 Isa 53:4-6 Ro 8:32 Ga 3:13 Rev 6:17 |
| 17 | They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me. | Ps 22:16 Ps 42:7 Ps 69:1 Ps 69:2 Ps 116:3 Jb 16:12 Jb 16:13 Jb 30:14 Jb 30:15 Lam 3:5-7 Mt 27:39-44 |
| 18 | You have put lover and friend far from me, And my friends into darkness. Psalm 89 A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. | Ps 88:8 Ps 31:11 Ps 38:11 Jb 19:12-15 |
