1 Salva-me, ó Deus,

porque as águas me sobem até à alma.

2 Estou atolado em profundo lamaçal,

que não dá pé;

estou nas profundezas das águas,

e a corrente me submerge.

3 Estou cansado de clamar,

secou-se-me a garganta;

os meus olhos desfalecem

de tanto esperar por meu Deus.

4 São mais que os cabelos de minha cabeça

os que, sem razão, me odeiam;

são poderosos os meus destruidores,

os que com falsos motivos são meus inimigos;

por isso, tenho de restituir

o que não furtei.

5 Tu, ó Deus, bem conheces a minha estultice,

e as minhas culpas não te são ocultas.

6 Não sejam envergonhados por minha causa os que esperam em ti,

ó Senhor, Deus dos Exércitos;

nem por minha causa sofram vexame os que te buscam,

ó Deus de Israel.

7 Pois tenho suportado afrontas por amor de ti,

e o rosto se me encobre de vexame.

8 Tornei-me estranho a meus irmãos

e desconhecido aos filhos de minha mãe.

9 Pois o zelo da tua casa me consumiu,

e as injúrias dos que te ultrajam caem sobre mim.

10 Chorei, em jejum está a minha alma,

e isso mesmo se me tornou em afrontas.

11 Pus um pano de saco por veste

e me tornei objeto de escárnio para eles.

12 Tagarelam sobre mim os que à porta se assentam,

e sou motivo para cantigas de beberrões.

13 Quanto a mim, porém, Senhor,

faço a ti, em tempo favorável, a minha oração.

Responde-me, ó Deus, pela riqueza da tua graça;

pela tua fidelidade em socorrer,

14 livra-me do tremedal,

para que não me afunde;

seja eu salvo dos que me odeiam

e das profundezas das águas.

15 Não me arraste a corrente das águas,

nem me trague a voragem,

nem se feche sobre mim a boca do poço.

16 Responde-me, Senhor, pois compassiva é a tua graça;

volta-te para mim segundo a riqueza das tuas misericórdias.

17 Não escondas o rosto ao teu servo, pois estou atribulado;

responde-me depressa.

18 Aproxima-te de minha alma e redime-a;

resgata-me por causa dos meus inimigos.

19 Tu conheces a minha afronta,

a minha vergonha e o meu vexame;

todos os meus adversários estão à tua vista.

20 O opróbrio partiu-me o coração, e desfaleci;

esperei por piedade, mas debalde;

por consoladores, e não os achei.

21 Por alimento me deram fel

e na minha sede me deram a beber vinagre.

22 Sua mesa torne-se-lhes diante deles em laço,

e a prosperidade, em armadilha.

23 Obscureçam-se-lhes os olhos, para que não vejam;

e faze que sempre lhes vacile o dorso.

24 Derrama sobre eles a tua indignação,

e que o ardor da tua ira os alcance.

25 Fique deserta a sua morada,

e não haja quem habite as suas tendas.

26 Pois perseguem a quem tu feriste

e acrescentam dores àquele a quem golpeaste.

27 Soma-lhes iniquidade à iniquidade,

e não gozem da tua absolvição.

28 Sejam riscados do Livro dos Vivos

e não tenham registro com os justos.

29 Quanto a mim, porém, amargurado e aflito,

ponha-me o teu socorro, ó Deus, em alto refúgio.

30 Louvarei com cânticos o nome de Deus,

exaltá-lo-ei com ações de graças.

31 Será isso muito mais agradável ao Senhor

do que um boi ou um novilho com chifres e unhas.

32 Vejam isso os aflitos e se alegrem;

quanto a vós outros que buscais a Deus, que o vosso coração reviva.

33 Porque o Senhor responde aos necessitados

e não despreza os seus prisioneiros.

34 Louvem-no os céus e a terra,

os mares e tudo quanto neles se move.

35 Porque Deus salvará Sião

e edificará as cidades de Judá,

e ali habitarão e hão de possuí-la.

36 Também a descendência dos seus servos a herdará,

e os que lhe amam o nome nela habitarão.

1 Save me, O God;

For the waters are come in unto my soul.

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing:

I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried:

Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head:

They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty:

That which I took not away I have to restore.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness;

And my sins are not hid from thee.

6 Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts:

Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;

Shame hath covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren,

And an alien unto my mother’s children.

9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up;

And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,

That was to my reproach.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,

I became a byword unto them.

12 They that sit in the gate talk of me;

And I am the song of the drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time:

O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness,

Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink:

Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me,

Neither let the deep swallow me up;

And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good:

According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant;

For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:

Ransom me because of mine enemies.

19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor:

Mine adversaries are all before thee.

20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness:

And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;

And for comforters, but I found none.

21 They gave me also gall for my food;

And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Let their table before them become a snare;

And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see;

And make their loins continually to shake.

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them,

And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate;

Let none dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten;

And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity;

And let them not come into thy righteousness.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life,

And not be written with the righteous.

29 But I am poor and sorrowful:

Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song,

And will magnify him with thanksgiving.

31 And it will please Jehovah better than an ox,

Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

32 The meek have seen it, and are glad:

Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

33 For Jehovah heareth the needy,

And despiseth not his prisoners.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,

The seas, and everything that moveth therein.

35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah;

And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it;

And they that love his name shall dwell therein.

1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.

2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.

3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

4 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.

5 You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.

6 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.

7 For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.

8 I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother's children;

9 for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;

11 when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.

12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

13 But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.

14 Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.

15 Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.

16 Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.

17 Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.

18 Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes.

19 You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.

20 Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.

21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

22 May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and "a trap.

23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

24 Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.

25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.

27 Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.

28 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.

29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain — may your salvation, God, protect me.

30 I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

31 This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves.

32 The poor will see and be glad — you who seek God, may your hearts live!

33 The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,

35 for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;

36 the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.