Welcome to our website where we explore the Bible! Pleasure to meet you here!
May your journey into the world of the Holy Scriptures be engaging and inspiring!
You can change reading language: uk ru
Parallel
Darby Bible Translation
New American Standard Bible
The Waters Have Come Up to My Neck!
{To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.
{To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.
Save me, O God,
For the waters have threatened my life.
For the waters have threatened my life.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.
I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.
I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.
I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
What I did not steal, I then have to restore.
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
What I did not steal, I then have to restore.
Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.
O God, it is You who knows my folly,
And my wrongs are not hidden from You.
And my wrongs are not hidden from You.
Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.
May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.
Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Dishonor has covered my face.
Dishonor has covered my face.
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;
I have become estranged from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.
And an alien to my mother’s sons.
For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.
For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; --
When I wept in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.
It became my reproach.
And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.
When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
I became a byword to them.
They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
Those who sit in the gate talk about me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.
And I am the song of the drunkards.
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:
But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time;
O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with Your saving truth.
O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with Your saving truth.
Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.
Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink;
May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.
May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.
Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
May the flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.
Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;
Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,
And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.
And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in distress; answer me quickly.
For I am in distress; answer me quickly.
Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.
Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies!
Ransom me because of my enemies!
*Thou* knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are before You.
All my adversaries are before You.
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.
Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They also gave me gall for my food
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;
May their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.
And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.
May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually.
And make their loins shake continually.
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.
Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.
May their camp be desolate;
May none dwell in their tents.
May none dwell in their tents.
For they persecute him whom *thou* hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten,
And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.
And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.
Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And may they not come into Your righteousness.
And may they not come into Your righteousness.
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
May they be blotted out of the book of life
And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.
But I am afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.
May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving;
I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.
And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, -- a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.
And it will please the LORD better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.
The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live.
The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, let your heart revive.
You who seek God, let your heart revive.
For Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.
For the LORD hears the needy
And does not despise His who are prisoners.
And does not despise His who are prisoners.
Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.
Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and everything that moves in them.
The seas and everything that moves in them.
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:
For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.
That they may dwell there and possess it.