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For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Lilies.”
Save me, O God,
for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
Save me, O God,
for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire;
I can’t find a foothold.
I am in deep water,
and the floods overwhelm me.
I can’t find a foothold.
I am in deep water,
and the floods overwhelm me.
I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.
I am exhausted from crying for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes are swollen with weeping,
waiting for my God to help me.
my throat is parched.
My eyes are swollen with weeping,
waiting for my God to help me.
I am weary with my crying out;
my throat is parched.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.
my throat is parched.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.
Those who hate me without cause
outnumber the hairs on my head.
Many enemies try to destroy me with lies,
demanding that I give back what I didn’t steal.
outnumber the hairs on my head.
Many enemies try to destroy me with lies,
demanding that I give back what I didn’t steal.
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?
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?
O God, you know how foolish I am;
my sins cannot be hidden from you.
my sins cannot be hidden from you.
O God, you know my folly;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
Don’t let those who trust in you be ashamed because of me,
O Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
Don’t let me cause them to be humiliated,
O God of Israel.
O Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
Don’t let me cause them to be humiliated,
O God of Israel.
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.
O Lord God of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
O God of Israel.
For I endure insults for your sake;
humiliation is written all over my face.
humiliation is written all over my face.
For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.
that dishonor has covered my face.
Even my own brothers pretend they don’t know me;
they treat me like a stranger.
they treat me like a stranger.
I have become a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother’s sons.
an alien to my mother’s sons.
Passion for your house has consumed me,
and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on 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.
When I weep and fast,
they scoff at me.
they scoff at me.
When I dress in burlap to show sorrow,
they make fun of me.
they make fun of me.
When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
I became a byword to them.
I am the favorite topic of town gossip,
and all the drunks sing about me.
and all the drunks sing about me.
I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,
and the drunkards make songs about me.
and the drunkards make songs about me.
But I keep praying to you, LORD,
hoping this time you will show me favor.
In your unfailing love, O God,
answer my prayer with your sure salvation.
hoping this time you will show me favor.
In your unfailing love, O God,
answer my prayer with your sure salvation.
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.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
Rescue me from the mud;
don’t let me sink any deeper!
Save me from those who hate me,
and pull me from these deep waters.
don’t let me sink any deeper!
Save me from those who hate me,
and pull me from these deep waters.
Deliver me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.
Don’t let the floods overwhelm me,
or the deep waters swallow me,
or the pit of death devour me.
or the deep waters swallow me,
or the pit of death devour me.
Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or the pit close its mouth over me.
or the deep swallow me up,
or the pit close its mouth over me.
Answer my prayers, O LORD,
for your unfailing love is wonderful.
Take care of me,
for your mercy is so plentiful.
for your unfailing love is wonderful.
Take care of me,
for your mercy is so plentiful.
Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good;
according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
Don’t hide from your servant;
answer me quickly, for I am in deep trouble!
answer me quickly, for I am in deep trouble!
Hide not your face from your servant,
for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.
for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.
Come and redeem me;
free me from my enemies.
free me from my enemies.
Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
ransom me because of my enemies!
You know of my shame, scorn, and disgrace.
You see all that my enemies are doing.
You see all that my enemies are doing.
You know my reproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
Their insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
If only one person would show some pity;
if only one would turn and comfort me.
and I am in despair.
If only one person would show some pity;
if only one would turn and comfort me.
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.
so that I am in despair.
I looked for 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.
and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
and make their loins tremble continually.
and make their loins tremble continually.
Pour out your fury on them;
consume them with your burning anger.
consume them with your burning anger.
Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
and let your burning anger overtake them.
Let their homes become desolate
and their tents be deserted.
and their tents be deserted.
May their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
let no one dwell in their tents.
To the one you have punished, they add insult to injury;
they add to the pain of those you have hurt.
they add to the pain of those you have hurt.
For they persecute him whom you have struck down,
and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
Pile their sins up high,
and don’t let them go free.
and don’t let them go free.
Erase their names from the Book of Life;
don’t let them be counted among the righteous.
don’t let them be counted among the righteous.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
I am suffering and in pain.
Rescue me, O God, by your saving power.
Rescue me, O God, by your saving power.
But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
Then I will praise God’s name with singing,
and I will honor him with thanksgiving.
and I will honor him with thanksgiving.
I will praise the name of God with a song;
I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
For this will please the LORD more than sacrificing cattle,
more than presenting a bull with its horns and hooves.
more than presenting a bull with its horns and hooves.
This will please the Lord more than an ox
or a bull with horns and hoofs.
or a bull with horns and hoofs.
The humble will see their God at work and be glad.
Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged.
Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged.
When the humble see it they will be glad;
you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
For the LORD hears the cries of the needy;
he does not despise his imprisoned people.
he does not despise his imprisoned people.
For the Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
Praise him, O heaven and earth,
the seas and all that move in them.
the seas and all that move in them.
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 build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;
and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;