2Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail;
heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
3My soul is deeply distressed.
How long, O LORD, how long?
4Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul;
save me because of Your loving devotion.
5For there is no mention of You in death;
who can praise You from Sheol?
6I am weary from groaning;
all night I flood my bed with weeping
and drench my couch with tears.
— Psalm 6:2-6