1 Save me, God,

for the waters have come up to my neck!

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold.

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

3 I am weary with my crying.

My throat is dry.

My eyes fail looking for my God.

4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head.

Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty.

I have to restore what I didn’t take away.

5 God, you know my foolishness.

My sins aren’t hidden from you.

6 Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies.

Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

7 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach.

Shame has covered my face.

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers,

an alien to my mother’s children.

9 For the zeal of your house consumes me.

The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

10 When I wept and I fasted,

that was to my reproach.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,

I became a byword to them.

12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me.

I am the song of the drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time.

God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink.

Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15 Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me,

neither let the deep swallow me up.

Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.

16 Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good.

According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

17 Don’t hide your face from your servant,

for I am in distress.

Answer me speedily!

18 Draw near to my soul and redeem it.

Ransom me because of my enemies.

19 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor.

My adversaries are all before you.

20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness.

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

for comforters, but I found none.

21 They also gave me poison for my food.

In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Let their table before them become a snare.

May it become a retribution and a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see.

Let their backs be continually bent.

24 Pour out your indignation on them.

Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate.

Let no one dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute him whom you have wounded.

They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.

27 Charge them with crime upon crime.

Don’t let them come into your righteousness.

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

and not be written with the righteous.

29 But I am in pain and distress.

Let your salvation, God, protect me.

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

and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

31 It will please Yahweh better than an ox,

or a bull that has horns and hoofs.

32 The humble have seen it, and are glad.

You who seek after God, let your heart live.

33 For Yahweh hears the needy,

and doesn’t despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him;

the seas, and everything that moves therein!

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

They shall settle there, and own it.

36 The children also of his servants shall inherit it.

Those who love his name shall dwell therein.

1 To the Overcomer upon Shoshannim ([lilies]), [A Psalm] of David. 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 of my crying; my throat is dried; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 Those that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; those that would destroy me, [being] my enemies wrongfully, are mighty; then I restored [that] which I did not take away.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness, and my guiltiness is not hid from thee.

6 Do not let those that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of the hosts, be ashamed for my sake; do not let those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren and an alien unto my mother's sons.

9 For the zeal of thy house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10 When I wept with fasting of my soul, thou hast been a reproach unto me.

11 I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a proverb to them.

12 They that sat in the gate spoke against me, and I [was] the song of the drunkards.

13 But I [corrected] my prayer unto thee, O LORD, [in] the time of [thy] good pleasure; O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy saving health.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not drown; let me be delivered from those that hate me and out of the deep waters.

15 Let not the violent force of the waters overcome me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

16 Hear me, O LORD, for thy mercy [is] perceptible, look upon me according to the multitude of thy acts of compassion

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble; hear me speedily.

18 Draw near unto my soul [and] redeem it; deliver me because of my enemies.

19 Thou hast known my reproach and my shame and my dishonour; my adversaries [are] all before thee.

20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness, and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] no one, and for comforters, but I found none.

21 They also gave me gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Let their table become a snare before them, and [that which should have been] for [their] prosperity, [let it become] a stumbling block.

23 Let their eyes be darkened that they see not and make their loins continually to shake.

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

25 Let their palace be desolate, [and] let no one dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten, and they boast that thou hast slain their enemies.

27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and not be written with the righteous.

29 But I [am] poor and sorrowful; let thy saving health, O God, set me up on high.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify him with praises.

31 [This] also shall please the LORD better [than the sacrifice of an ox or] bullock that [struggles] with horns and hoofs.

32 The humble shall see [this] [and] be glad; seek God and thy heart shall live.

33 For the LORD hears the destitute and does not despise his prisoners.

34 Let the heavens and the earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moves in them.

35 For God will protect Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah; they shall dwell there and inherit it.

36 The seed of his servants shall inherit it, and those that love his name shall dwell therein.: