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Save me, O God,
For the waters have threatened my life.
For the waters have threatened my life.
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 sink in the miry depths,
where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
the floods engulf me.
where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
the floods engulf me.
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.
I am worn out calling for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,
looking for my God.
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,
looking for my God.
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.
Those who hate me without reason
outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,
those who seek to destroy me.
I am forced to restore
what I did not steal.
outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,
those who seek to destroy me.
I am forced to restore
what I did not steal.
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.
You, God, know my folly;
my guilt is not hidden from you.
my guilt is not hidden from you.
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,
Lord, the Lord Almighty,
may those who hope in you
not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
may those who seek you
not be put to shame because of me.
may those who hope in you
not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
may those who seek you
not be put to shame because of me.
Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Dishonor has covered my face.
Dishonor has covered my face.
For I endure scorn for your sake,
and shame covers my face.
and shame covers my face.
I have become estranged from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.
And an alien to my mother’s sons.
I am a foreigner to my own family,
a stranger to my own mother’s children;
a stranger to my own mother’s children;
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.
for zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
When I wept in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.
It became my reproach.
When I weep and fast,
I must endure scorn;
I must endure scorn;
When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
I became a byword to them.
when I put on sackcloth,
people make sport of me.
people make sport of me.
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.
Those who sit at the gate mock me,
and I am the song of the drunkards.
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 greatness of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with Your saving truth.
O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with Your saving truth.
But I pray to you, Lord,
in the time of your favor;
in your great love, O God,
answer me with your sure salvation.
in the time of your favor;
in your great love, O God,
answer me with your sure salvation.
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.
Rescue me from the mire,
do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
from the deep waters.
do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
from the deep waters.
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.
Do not let the floodwaters engulf me
or the depths swallow me up
or the pit close its mouth over me.
or the depths swallow me up
or the pit close its mouth over 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,
Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;
in your great mercy turn to me.
in your great mercy turn to me.
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.
Do not hide your face from your servant;
answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies!
Ransom me because of my enemies!
Come near and rescue me;
deliver me because of my foes.
deliver me because of my foes.
You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are before You.
All my adversaries are before You.
You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;
all my enemies are before you.
all my enemies are before you.
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.
Scorn has broken my heart
and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for comforters, but I found none.
and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for comforters, but I found none.
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.
They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
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.
May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually.
And make their loins shake continually.
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.
and their backs be bent forever.
Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
Pour out your wrath on them;
let your fierce anger overtake them.
let your fierce anger overtake them.
May their camp be desolate;
May none dwell in their tents.
May none dwell in their tents.
May their place be deserted;
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
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.
For they persecute those you wound
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And may they not come into Your righteousness.
And may they not come into Your righteousness.
Charge them with crime upon crime;
do not let them share in your salvation.
do not let them share in your salvation.
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.
May they be blotted out of the book of life
and not be listed with the righteous.
and not be listed with the righteous.
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.
But as for me, afflicted and in pain —
may your salvation, God, protect me.
may your salvation, God, protect me.
I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.
I will praise God’s name in song
and glorify him with thanksgiving.
and glorify him with thanksgiving.
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.
This will please the Lord more than an ox,
more than a bull with its horns and hooves.
more than a bull with its horns and hooves.
The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, let your heart revive.
You who seek God, let your heart revive.
The poor will see and be glad —
you who seek God, may your hearts live!
you who seek God, may your hearts live!
For the LORD hears the needy
And does not despise His who are prisoners.
And does not despise His who are prisoners.
The Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his captive people.
and does not despise his captive people.
Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and everything that moves in them.
The seas and everything that moves in them.
Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and all that move in them,
the seas and all that move in them,
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.
for God will save Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah.
Then people will settle there and possess it;
and rebuild the cities of Judah.
Then people will settle there and possess it;