[A Song of degrees.] In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. {ungodly men: Heb. Belial}

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard {him}, and saved him out of all his troubles.

For great {is} thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. {hell: or, grave}

[A Song {or} Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day {and} night before thee: {for the sons: or, of the sons} {Maschil...: or, A Psalm of Heman the Ezrahite, giving instruction}

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; {in that...: or, for his piety}

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. {grieved: Heb. bitter}

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. {gat...: Heb. found me}

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me {when I was} in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. {chief...: or, overseer} {have...: or, be gracious unto me}

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that {was} with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock {that} is higher than I.

O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet {thee} at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, {even} all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. {Hell: or, The grave} {chief...: Heb. leaders, or, great goats}

Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

[Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.] I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. {Maschil...: or, A Psalm of David, giving instruction}

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. {complaint: or, meditation}

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. {breaking...: Heb. ascending of the morning}

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

[A Song of degrees.] In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

If I ascend up into heaven, thou {art} there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou {art there}.

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock {that} is higher than I.

[A Song of degrees.] Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. {boisterous: or, strong}

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. {gat...: Heb. found me}

And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion {is} an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom {is} from generation to generation:

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. {ungodly men: Heb. Belial}

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; {sorrows: or, cords}

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.