New American Standard Bible 1995

Holman Christian Standard Bible

1For the choir director; according to Shoshannim. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life.

1For the choir director: according to "The Lilies." Davidic. Save me, God, for the water has risen to my neck.

2I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows 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; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to 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, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You.

5God, You know my foolishness, and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.

6May those who wait for 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,

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.

7Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face.

7For I have endured insults because of You, and shame has covered my face.

8I have become estranged from my brothers And 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 in 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.

12Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

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 greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with Your saving truth.

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 the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes 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.

15May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on 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 lovingkindness is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,

16Answer me, LORD, for Your faithful love is good; in keeping with Your great compassion, turn to me.

17And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

17Don't hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

18Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it; 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; All my adversaries are before You.

19You know the insults I endure-- my shame and disgrace. You are aware of all my adversaries.

20Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, 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 also gave me gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

21Instead, they gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22May their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.

22Let their table set before them be a snare, and let it be a trap for their allies.

23May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually.

23Let their eyes grow too dim to see, and let their loins continually shake.

24Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them.

24Pour out Your rage on them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.

25May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents.

25Make their fortification desolate; may no one live in their tents.

26For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.

26For they persecute the one You struck and talk about the pain of those You wounded.

27Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness.

27Add guilt to their guilt; do not let them share in Your righteousness.

28May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with 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; May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.

29But as for me--poor and in pain-- let Your salvation protect me, God.

30I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

30I will praise God's name with song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

31And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.

31That will please Yahweh more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.

32The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart 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 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 the cities of Judah, That they may 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 descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will 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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