| New King James Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” [i]A Psalm[/i] of David. Save 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 standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow 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 dry; 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; They are mighty who would destroy me, Being my enemies wrongfully; Though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it. | 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 foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You. | 5God, You know my foolishness, and my guilty acts are not hidden from You. |
| 6Let not those who wait for You, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed because of me; Let not those who seek You be confounded because of 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; Shame 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, And an alien to my mother’s children; | 8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons |
| 9Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, 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 chastened my soul with fasting, That became my reproach. | 10I mourned and fasted, but it brought me insults. |
| 11I also made sackcloth my garment; 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 speak against 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, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation. | 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 out of the mire, And let me not sink; Let me be delivered from those who hate me, And out of 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 floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not 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. |
| 16Hear me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies. | 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 trouble; Hear me speedily. | 17Don't hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! |
| 18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies. | 18Draw near to me and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies. |
| 19You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are all 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 full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take 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 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. |
| 22Let their table become a snare before them, And their well-being 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 do not 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 upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them. | 24Pour out Your rage on them, and let Your burning anger overtake them. |
| 25Let their dwelling place be desolate; Let no one live in their tents. | 25Make their fortification desolate; may no one live in their tents. |
| 26For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those 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 let them not come into Your righteousness. | 27Add guilt to their guilt; do not let them share in Your righteousness. |
| 28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous. | 28Let them be erased from the book of life and not be recorded with the righteous. |
| 29But I am poor and sorrowful; Let Your salvation, O God, set me up 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, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving. | 30I will praise God's name with song and exalt Him with thanksgiving. |
| 31This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bull, Which has horns and hooves. | 31That will please Yahweh more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. |
| 32The humble shall see this and be glad; And you who seek God, your hearts shall live. | 32The humble will see it and rejoice. You who seek God, take heart! |
| 33For the LORD hears the poor, And does not despise His 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. |
| 36Also, the descendants 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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