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1Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. | 1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. |
2I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. | 2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. |
3I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God. | 3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. |
4More 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? | 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. |
5O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you. | 5You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You. |
6Let 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. | 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. |
7For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face. | 7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face. |
8I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s sons. | 8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons, |
9For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. | 9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. |
10When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach. | 10I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach. |
11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. | 11I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them. |
12I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me. | 12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards. |
13But 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. | 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. |
14Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters. | 14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. |
15Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me. | 15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me. |
16Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me. | 16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion. |
17Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in distress; make haste to answer me. | 17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! |
18Draw near to my soul, redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies! | 18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes. |
19You know my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor; my foes are all known to you. | 19You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You. |
20Reproaches 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. | 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. |
21They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink. | 21They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst. |
22Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap. | 22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap. |
23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually. | 23May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. |
24Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your burning anger overtake them. | 24Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them. |
25May their camp be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents. | 25May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents. |
26For they persecute him whom you have struck down, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded. | 26For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded. |
27Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from you. | 27Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness. |
28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous. | 28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous. |
29But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high! | 29But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God. |
30I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. | 30I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving. |
31This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs. | 31And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. |
32When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive. | 32The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived! |
33For the LORD hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners. | 33For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people. |
34Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them. | 34Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them. |
35For God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah, and people shall dwell there and possess it; | 35For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it. |
36the offspring of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it. | 36The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it. |
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