1 S ave me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.

Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overwhelm me.

I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.

3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; my eyes fail with waiting for my God.

I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 T hose who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; those who would cut me off and destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are many and mighty. I am to restore what I did not steal.

Those 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.

5 O God, You know my folly and blundering; my sins and my guilt are not hidden from You.

O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.

6 L et not those who wait and hope and look for You, O Lord of hosts, be put to shame through me; let not those who seek and inquire for and require You be brought to confusion and dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

Let not those who wait for You, O Lord G OD of hosts, be ashamed because of me; Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

7 B ecause for Your sake I have borne taunt and reproach; confusion and shame have covered my face.

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

8 I have become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to my mother’s children.

I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother’s children;

9 F or zeal for Your house has eaten me up, and the reproaches and insults of those who reproach and insult You have fallen upon me.

Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

10 W hen I wept and humbled myself with fasting, I was jeered at and humiliated;

When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, That became my reproach.

11 W hen I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword (an object of scorn) to them.

I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.

12 T hey who sit in gate talk about me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

13 B ut as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord. At an acceptable and opportune time, O God, in the multitude of Your mercy and the abundance of Your loving-kindness hear me, and in the truth and faithfulness of Your salvation answer me.

But 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.

14 R escue me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from those who hate me and from out of the deep waters.

Deliver 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.

15 L et not the floodwaters overflow and overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up nor the pit close its mouth over me.

Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

16 H ear and answer me, O Lord, for Your loving-kindness is sweet and comforting; according to Your plenteous tender mercy and steadfast love turn to me.

Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.

17 H ide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress; O answer me speedily!

And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.

18 D raw close to me and redeem me; ransom and set me free because of my enemies!

Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies.

19 Y ou know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; my adversaries are all before You.

You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are all before You.

20 I nsults and reproach have broken my heart; I am full of heaviness and I am distressingly sick. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

Reproach 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.

21 T hey gave me also gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar (a soured wine) to drink.

They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 L et their own table become a snare to them; and when they are secure in peace a trap to them.

Let their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a trap.

23 L et their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; And make their loins shake continually.

24 P our out Your indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of Your burning anger catch up with them.

Pour out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

25 L et their habitation and their encampment be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents.

Let their dwelling place be desolate; Let no one live in their tents.

26 F or they pursue and persecute him whom You have smitten, and they gossip about those whom You have wounded, to their grief and pain.

For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.

27 L et one perverseness and iniquity accumulate upon another for them, and let them not come into Your righteousness or be justified and acquitted by You.

Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your righteousness.

28 L et them be blotted out of the book of the living and the book of life and not be enrolled among the righteous (those upright and in right standing with God).

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous.

29 B ut I am poor, sorrowful, and in pain; let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

But I am poor and sorrowful; Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify Him with thanksgiving,

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

31 A nd it will please the Lord better than an ox or a bullock that has horns and hoofs.

This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull, Which has horns and hooves.

32 T he humble shall see it and be glad; you who seek God, inquiring for and requiring Him, let your hearts revive and live!

The humble shall see this and be glad; And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.

33 F or the Lord hears the poor and needy and despises not His prisoners (His miserable and wounded ones).

For the Lord hears the poor, And does not despise His prisoners.

34 L et heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

35 F or God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and shall remain and dwell there and have it in their possession;

For God will save Zion And build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it.

36 T he children of His servants shall inherit it, and those who love His name shall dwell in it.

Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who love His name shall dwell in it.