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I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow 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 dry;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
My throat is dry;
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;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.
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.
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, You know my foolishness;
And my sins are not hidden from You.
And my sins are not hidden from You.
You, God, know my folly;
my guilt is not hidden from you.
my guilt is not hidden from you.
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;
Shame has covered my face.
Shame has covered my face.
For I endure scorn for your sake,
and shame covers my face.
and shame covers my face.
I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;
And an alien to my mother’s children;
I am a foreigner to my own family,
a stranger to my own mother’s children;
a stranger to my own mother’s children;
Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
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 and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.
That became my reproach.
When I weep and fast,
I must endure scorn;
I must endure scorn;
when I put on sackcloth,
people make sport of me.
people make sport of me.
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, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.
O Lord, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.
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 out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of 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.
Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not 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.
Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
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 trouble;
Hear me speedily.
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.
Do not hide your face from your servant;
answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
Deliver me because of my enemies.
Deliver 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, my shame, and my dishonor;
My adversaries are all before You.
My adversaries are all before You.
You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;
all my enemies are before you.
all my enemies are before you.
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.
Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.
And their well-being a trap.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not 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 upon them,
And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.
And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.
Pour out your wrath on them;
let your fierce anger overtake them.
let your fierce anger overtake them.
Let their dwelling place be desolate;
Let no one live in their tents.
Let no one live 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 persecute the ones You have struck,
And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
And talk of the grief of those 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 let them not come into Your righteousness.
And let them 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.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
And not be written with the righteous.
And not be written 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 poor and sorrowful;
Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Let Your salvation, O God, set me up 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 a song,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
I will praise God’s name in song
and glorify him with thanksgiving.
and glorify him with thanksgiving.
This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull,
Which has horns and hooves.
Which has horns and hooves.
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 shall see this and be glad;
And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.
And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.
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 poor,
And does not despise His prisoners.
And does not despise His 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.
And build the cities of Judah,
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;