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

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

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

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

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

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

4 T hey that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

Those 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.

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

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

6 L et not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Let 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.

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

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

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

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

9 F or the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

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

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

When I wept and humbled myself with fasting, I was jeered at and humiliated;

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

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

12 T hey that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

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

13 B ut as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

But 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.

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.

Rescue 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.

15 L et not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

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

16 H ear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Hear 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.

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

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

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

Draw close to me and redeem me; ransom and set me free because of my enemies!

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

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

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.

Insults 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.

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

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

22 L et their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let their habitation and their encampment be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents.

26 F or they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

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

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

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

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

Let 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).

29 B ut I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

But I am poor, sorrowful, and in pain; 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 T his also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

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

32 T he humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

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

33 F or the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

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

34 L et the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

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

35 F or God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

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

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

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