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  • Save Me, O God

    To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David.

    Save me, O God!
    For the waters have come up to my neck.a
  • An Urgent Plea for Help in Trouble

    To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.

    Save me, O God!
    For the waters have come up to my [b]neck.
  • I sink in deep mire,
    where there is no foothold;
    I have come into deep waters,
    and the flood sweeps over me.
  • I sink in deep mire,
    Where there is no standing;
    I have come into deep waters,
    Where the floods overflow me.
  • I am weary with my crying out;
    my throat is parched.
    My eyes grow dim
    with waiting for my God.
  • I am weary with my crying;
    My throat is dry;
    My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  • More in number than the hairs of my head
    are those who hate me without cause;
    mighty are those who would destroy me,
    those who attack me with lies.
    What I did not steal
    must I now restore?
  • Those who hate me without a cause
    Are more than the hairs of my head;
    They are mighty who would destroy me,
    Being my enemies wrongfully;
    Though I have stolen nothing,
    I still must restore it.
  • O God, you know my folly;
    the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
  • O God, You know my foolishness;
    And my sins are not hidden from You.
  • Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,
    O Lord God of hosts;
    let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
    O God of Israel.
  • Let not those who [c]wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
    Let not those who seek You be [d]confounded because of me, O God of Israel.
  • For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach,
    that dishonor has covered my face.
  • Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
    Shame has covered my face.
  • I have become a stranger to my brothers,
    an alien to my mother’s sons.
  • I have become a stranger to my brothers,
    And an alien to my mother’s children;
  • For zeal for your house has consumed me,
    and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
  • Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
    And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
  • When I wept and humbledb my soul with fasting,
    it became my reproach.
  • When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
    That became my reproach.
  • When I made sackcloth my clothing,
    I became a byword to them.
  • I also [e]made sackcloth my garment;
    I became a byword to them.
  • I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,
    and the drunkards make songs about me.
  • Those who [f]sit in the gate speak against me,
    And I am the song of the drunkards.
  • But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord.
    At an acceptable time, O God,
    in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
  • But as for me, my prayer is to You,
    O Lord, in the acceptable time;
    O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
    Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.
  • Deliver me
    from sinking in the mire;
    let me be delivered from my enemies
    and from the deep waters.
  • Deliver me out of the mire,
    And let me not sink;
    Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
    And out of the deep waters.
  • Let not the flood sweep over me,
    or the deep swallow me up,
    or the pit close its mouth over me.
  • Let not the floodwater overflow me,
    Nor let the deep swallow me up;
    And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
  • Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good;
    according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
  • Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
    Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
  • Hide not your face from your servant,
    for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.
  • And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
    For I am in trouble;
    Hear me speedily.
  • Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
    ransom me because of my enemies!
  • Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
    Deliver me because of my enemies.
  • You know my reproach,
    and my shame and my dishonor;
    my foes are all known to you.
  • You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
    My adversaries are all before You.
  • Reproaches have broken my heart,
    so that I am in despair.
    I looked for pity, but there was none,
    and for comforters, but I found none.
  • Reproach has broken my heart,
    And I am full of [g]heaviness;
    I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
    And for comforters, but I found none.
  • They gave me poison for food,
    and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
  • They also gave me gall for my food,
    And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
  • Let their own table before them become a snare;
    and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.c
  • Let their table become a snare before them,
    And their well-being a trap.
  • Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
    and make their loins tremble continually.
  • Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;
    And make their loins shake continually.
  • Pour out your indignation upon them,
    and let your burning anger overtake them.
  • Pour out Your indignation upon them,
    And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.
  • May their camp be a desolation;
    let no one dwell in their tents.
  • Let their dwelling place be desolate;
    Let no one live in their tents.
  • For they persecute him whom you have struck down,
    and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
  • For they persecute the ones You have struck,
    And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
  • Add to them punishment upon punishment;
    may they have no acquittal from you.d
  • Add iniquity to their iniquity,
    And let them not come into Your righteousness.
  • Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
    let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
  • Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
    And not be written with the righteous.
  • But I am afflicted and in pain;
    let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
  • But I am poor and sorrowful;
    Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.
  • I will praise the name of God with a song;
    I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
  • I will praise the name of God with a song,
    And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
  • This will please the Lord more than an ox
    or a bull with horns and hoofs.
  • This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull,
    Which has horns and hooves.
  • When the humble see it they will be glad;
    you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
  • The humble shall see this and be glad;
    And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.
  • For the Lord hears the needy
    and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
  • For the Lord hears the poor,
    And does not despise His prisoners.
  • Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and everything that moves in them.
  • Let heaven and earth praise Him,
    The seas and everything that moves in them.
  • For God will save Zion
    and build up the cities of Judah,
    and people 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.
  • the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
    and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
  • Also, the [h]descendants of His servants shall inherit it,
    And those who love His name shall dwell in it.

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