1To the chief Musician5329 upon Shoshannim7799, A Psalm of David1732. Save3467 me, O God430; for the waters4325 are come935 in unto my soul5315.
2I sink2883 in deep4688 mire3121, where there is no standing4613: I am come935 into deep4615 waters4325, where the floods7641 overflow7857 me.
3I am weary3021 of my crying7121: my throat1627 is dried2787: mine eyes5869 fail3615 while I wait3176 for my God430.
4They that hate8130 me without a cause2600 are more7231 than the hairs8185 of mine head7218: they that would destroy6789 me, being mine enemies341 wrongfully8267, are mighty6105: then I restored7725 that which I took not away1497.
5O God430, thou knowest3045 my foolishness200; and my sins819 are not hid3582 from thee.
6Let not them that wait6960 on thee, O Lord136 GOD3069 of hosts6635, be ashamed954 for my sake: let not those that seek1245 thee be confounded3637 for my sake, O God430 of Israel3478.
7Because for thy sake I have borne5375 reproach2781; shame3639 hath covered3680 my face6440.
8I am become a stranger2114 unto my brethren251, and an alien5237 unto my mother's517 children1121.
9For the zeal7068 of thine house1004 hath eaten me up398; and the reproaches2781 of them that reproached2778 thee are fallen5307 upon me.
10When I wept1058, and chastened my soul5315 with fasting6685, that was to my reproach2781.
11I made5414 sackcloth8242 also my garment3830; and I became a proverb4912 to them.
12They that sit in3427 the gate8179 speak7878 against me; and I was the song5058 of the drunkards8354 7941.
13But as for me, my prayer8605 is unto thee, O LORD3068, in an acceptable7522 time6256: O God430, in the multitude7230 of thy mercy2617 hear6030 me, in the truth571 of thy salvation3468.
14Deliver5337 me out of the mire2916, and let me not sink2883: let me be delivered5337 from them that hate8130 me, and out of the deep4615 waters4325.
15Let not the waterflood4325 7641 overflow7857 me, neither let the deep4688 swallow me up1104, and let not the pit875 shut332 her mouth6310 upon me.
16Hear6030 me, O LORD3068; for thy lovingkindness2617 is good2896: turn6437 unto me according to the multitude7230 of thy tender mercies7356.
17And hide5641 not thy face6440 from thy servant5650; for I am in trouble6887: hear6030 me speedily4118.
18Draw nigh7126 unto my soul5315, and redeem1350 it: deliver6299 me because of mine enemies341.
19Thou hast known3045 my reproach2781, and my shame1322, and my dishonour3639: mine adversaries6887 are all before thee.
20Reproach2781 hath broken7665 my heart3820; and I am full of heaviness5136: and I looked6960 for some to take pity5110, but there was none; and for comforters5162, but I found4672 none.
21They gave5414 me also gall7219 for my meat1267; and in my thirst6772 they gave me vinegar2558 to drink8248.
22Let their table7979 become a snare6341 before6440 them: and that which should have been for their welfare7965, let it become a trap4170.
23Let their eyes5869 be darkened2821, that they see7200 not; and make their loins4975 continually8548 to shake4571.
24Pour out8210 thine indignation2195 upon them, and let thy wrathful2740 anger639 take hold5381 of them.
25Let their habitation2918 be desolate8074; and let none dwell3427 in their tents168.
26For they persecute7291 him whom thou hast smitten5221; and they talk5608 to the grief4341 of those whom thou hast wounded2491.
27Add5414 iniquity5771 unto their iniquity5771: and let them not come935 into thy righteousness6666.
28Let them be blotted4229 out of the book5612 of the living2416, and not be written3789 with the righteous6662.
29But I am poor6041 and sorrowful3510: let thy salvation3444, O God430, set me up on high7682.
30I will praise1984 the name8034 of God430 with a song7892, and will magnify1431 him with thanksgiving8426.
31This also shall please3190 the LORD3068 better3190 than an ox7794 or bullock6499 that hath horns7160 and hoofs6536.
32The humble6035 shall see7200 this, and be glad8055: and your heart3824 shall live2421 that seek1875 God430.
33For the LORD3068 heareth8085 the poor34, and despiseth959 not his prisoners615.
34Let the heaven8064 and earth776 praise1984 him, the seas3220, and every thing that moveth7430 therein.
35For God430 will save3467 Zion6726, and will build1129 the cities5892 of Judah3063: that they may dwell3427 there, and have it in possession3423.
36The seed2233 also of his servants5650 shall inherit5157 it: and they that love157 his name8034 shall dwell7931 therein.