| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. | 1For the choir director: according to "The Lilies." Davidic. Save me, God, for the water has risen 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 in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over 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 are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me, are powerful. Though I did not steal, I must repay. |
| 5O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you. | 5God, You know my foolishness, and my guilty acts are 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. | 6Do not let those who put their hope in You be disgraced because of me, Lord GOD of Hosts; do not let those who seek You be humiliated because of me, God of Israel. |
| 7For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face. | 7For I have endured insults because of You, 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 mourned and fasted, but it brought me insults. |
| 11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. | 11I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke 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 city gate talk about me, and drunkards make up songs about me. |
| 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 as for me, LORD, my prayer to You is for a time of favor. In Your abundant, faithful love, 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 miry mud; don't let me sink. Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters. |
| 15Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me. | 15Don't let the floodwaters sweep over me or the deep swallow me up; don't let 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, LORD, for Your faithful love is good; in keeping with Your great compassion, turn to me. |
| 17Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in distress; make haste to answer me. | 17Don't hide 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 me and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies. |
| 19You know my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor; my foes are all known to you. | 19You know the insults I endure-- my shame and disgrace. You are aware of all my adversaries. |
| 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 waited for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but found no one. |
| 21They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink. | 21Instead, they gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. |
| 22Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap. | 22Let their table set before them be a snare, and let it be a trap for their allies. |
| 23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually. | 23Let their eyes grow too dim to see, and let their loins continually shake. |
| 24Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your burning anger overtake them. | 24Pour out Your rage on them, and let Your burning anger overtake them. |
| 25May their camp be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents. | 25Make their fortification desolate; may no one live 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 talk about the pain of those You wounded. |
| 27Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from you. | 27Add guilt to their guilt; do not let them share in Your righteousness. |
| 28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous. | 28Let them be erased from the book of life and not be recorded with the righteous. |
| 29But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high! | 29But as for me--poor and in pain-- let Your salvation protect me, God. |
| 30I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. | 30I will praise God's name with song and exalt Him with thanksgiving. |
| 31This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs. | 31That will please Yahweh 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 it and rejoice. You who seek God, take heart! |
| 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 own who are prisoners. |
| 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 build up the cities of Judah. They will live 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 live in it. |
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