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

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

3 I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; 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 destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

5 T hou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.

6 L et not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

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

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;

9 F or the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

10 A nd I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach;—

11 A nd I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

12 T hey that sit in the gate talk of me, and the song of the drunkards.

13 B ut as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:

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

15 L et not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

16 A nswer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;

17 A nd hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.

18 D raw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.

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

20 R eproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

21 Y ea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 L et their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;

23 L et their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.

24 P our out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.

25 L et their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.

26 F or they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and they talk for 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 afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

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

31 A nd it shall please Jehovah more than an ox,—a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.

32 T he meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live.

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

34 L et heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.

35 F or God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:

36 A nd the seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.