1 S ave me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 T hey that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.

6 L et not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

7 B ecause for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.

9 F or the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

10 W hen I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

11 W hen I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

12 T hey that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.

13 B ut as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

14 D eliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15 L et not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

16 A nswer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

17 A nd hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

18 D raw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.

19 T hou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.

20 R eproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some 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 to drink.

22 L et their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

23 L et their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.

24 P our out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

25 L et their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.

26 F or they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

27 A dd iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

28 L et them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

29 B ut I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy 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.

31 A nd it will please Jehovah better than an ox, Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

32 T he meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

33 F or Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.

34 L et heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.

35 F or God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

36 T he seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein.