1 ¶ Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

Save me, O God, for the waters have almost taken my life.

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

I have gone down into deep mud and there is no place to put my feet. I have come into deep waters and a flood comes over me.

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

I have cried until I am tired. My mouth is dry. My eyes become weak while I wait for my God.

4 T hose that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; those that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty; then I restored that which I did not take away.

Those who hate me, without a reason, are more than the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me are powerful. I am made to return things that I did not steal.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness, and my guiltiness is not hid from thee.

O God, You know how foolish I am. My sins are not hidden from You.

6 D o not let those that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of the hosts, be ashamed for my sake; do not let those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

May those who wait for You not be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of All. May those who look for You not lose respect because of me, O God of Israel.

7 B ecause for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.

I have been put to shame because of You. Shame has covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren and an alien unto my mother’s sons.

I have become a stranger to my brothers, a stranger to my mother’s sons.

9 F or the zeal of thy house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

For the strong desire for Your house has burned me up. And the bad things said about You have fallen on me.

10 W hen I wept with fasting of my soul, thou hast been a reproach unto me.

When I cried and went without food, I was put to shame.

11 I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a proverb to them.

When I put on clothes made from hair, they made fun of me.

12 T hey that sat in the gate spoke against me, and I was the song of the drunkards.

Those who sit by the gate talk about me. And I am the song of those who drink too much.

13 ¶ But I corrected my prayer unto thee, O LORD, in the time of thy good pleasure; O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy saving health.

But as for me, my prayer is to You at the right time, O Lord. Answer me with Your saving truth in Your great loving-kindness, O God.

14 D eliver me out of the mire, and let me not drown; let me be delivered from those that hate me and out of the deep waters.

Take me out of the mud and do not let me go down in it. Take me away from those who hate me and from the deep waters.

15 L et not the violent force of the waters overcome me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Keep the flood water from covering me. Do not let the sea swallow me up. Do not let the deep hole close its mouth over me.

16 H ear me, O LORD, for thy mercy is perceptible, look upon me according to the multitude of thy acts of compassion

Answer me, O Lord, for Your loving-kindness is good. Turn to me because of Your great loving-pity.

17 A nd hide not thy face from thy slave, for I am in trouble; hear me speedily.

Do not hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in trouble. Hurry to answer me.

18 D raw near unto my soul and redeem it; deliver me because of my enemies.

Come near to me and save me. Pay the price to set me free from those who hate me.

19 T hou hast known my reproach and my shame and my dishonour; my adversaries are all before thee.

You know how I have been put to shame by the bad things said about me. All those who hate me are before You.

20 R eproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness, and I looked for some to take pity, but there was no one, and for comforters, but I found none.

Being put to shame has broken my heart, and I feel very sick. I looked for pity but there was none. I looked for someone to comfort me but there was no one.

21 T hey also gave me gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

They gave me bitter drink in my food. And because I was thirsty they gave me sour wine.

22 ¶ Let their table become a snare before them, and that which should have been for their prosperity, let it become a stumbling block.

May their table in front of them become a net. May it become a trap when they are in peace.

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

May their eyes grow dark so they cannot see. And may their backs always shake.

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

Pour out Your anger on them. May Your burning anger catch up with them.

25 L et their palace be desolate, and let no one dwell in their tents.

May their place of living be empty and may no one live in their tents.

26 F or they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and they boast that thou hast slain their enemies.

For they have made it hard for the one You have punished. And they talk about the pain of those You have hurt.

27 A dd iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Let their sins add up, and may they not become right with You.

28 L et them be blotted out of the book of the living and not be written with the righteous.

May they be taken out of the book of life, and not be written down with those who are right with You.

29 B ut I am poor and sorrowful; let thy saving health, O God, set me up on high.

But I am suffering and in pain. O God, may You save me and set me up on high.

30 ¶ I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify him with praises.

I will praise the name of God with song. And I will give Him great honor with much thanks.

31 T his also shall please the LORD better than the sacrifice of an ox or bullock that struggles with horns and hoofs.

This will please the Lord more than any ox or young bull with horns and hoofs.

32 T he humble shall see this and be glad; seek God and thy heart shall live.

Those without pride will see it and be glad. You who look for God, let your heart receive new strength.

33 F or the LORD hears the destitute and does not despise his prisoners.

For the Lord hears those who are in need, and does not hate His people in prison.

34 L et the heavens and the earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moves in them.

Let heaven and earth and the seas and all the things that move in them give thanks to Him.

35 F or God will protect Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah; they shall dwell there and inherit it.

For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah. Then His people may live there and have it for their own.

36 T he seed of his slaves shall inherit it, and those that love his name shall dwell therein.

And the children of those who obey Him will have it given to them. Those who love His name will live there.