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  • Save me, O God,
    For the waters have threatened my life.
  • 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 have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold;
    I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows 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; my throat is parched;
    My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  • I am weary with my crying;
    My throat is dry;
    My eyes fail while I wait 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 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, it is You who knows my folly,
    And my wrongs are not hidden from You.
  • O God, You know my foolishness;
    And my sins are 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,
  • 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.
  • Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
    Dishonor has covered my face.
  • Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
    Shame has covered my face.
  • I have become estranged from my brothers
    And 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 in 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.
  • Those who sit in the gate talk about me,
    And I am the song of the drunkards.
  • 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 greatness of Your lovingkindness,
    Answer me with Your saving truth.
  • 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 the mire and do not let me sink;
    May I be delivered from my foes 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.
  • May the flood of water not overflow me
    Nor the deep swallow me up,
    Nor the pit shut its mouth on 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 lovingkindness is good;
    According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,
  • Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
    Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
  • And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
    For I am in distress; answer me quickly.
  • And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
    For I am in trouble;
    Hear me speedily.
  • Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it;
    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;
    All my adversaries are before You.
  • You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
    My adversaries are all 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.
  • 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 also gave me gall for my food
    And for 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.
  • May their table before them become a snare;
    And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.
  • Let their table become a snare before them,
    And their well-being a trap.
  • May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
    And make their loins shake continually.
  • Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;
    And make their loins shake continually.
  • Pour out Your indignation on them,
    And may Your burning anger overtake them.
  • Pour out Your indignation upon them,
    And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.
  • May their camp be desolate;
    May none dwell in their tents.
  • Let their dwelling place be desolate;
    Let no one live 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.
  • For they persecute the ones You have struck,
    And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
  • Add iniquity to their iniquity,
    And may they not come into Your righteousness.
  • Add iniquity to their iniquity,
    And let them not come into Your righteousness.
  • May they be blotted out of the book of life
    And may they not be recorded with 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;
    May Your salvation, O God, set me securely 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 song
    And magnify Him with thanksgiving.
  • I will praise the name of God with a song,
    And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
  • And it will please the LORD better than an ox
    Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.
  • This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull,
    Which has horns and hooves.
  • The humble have seen it and are glad;
    You who seek God, let your heart 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 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 the cities of Judah,
    That they may 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 descendants of His servants will inherit it,
    And those who love His name will 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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