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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived! |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it. |
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