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

2 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 dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 T hose 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 foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.

6 L et 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 reproach; Shame has covered my face.

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

9 B ecause 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 chastened my soul with fasting, That became my reproach.

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

12 T hose 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, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

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

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

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

18 D raw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies.

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

20 R eproach 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 also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 L et their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a trap.

23 L et 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 Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

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

26 F or they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.

27 A dd 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 not be written with the righteous.

29 B ut 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.

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

32 T he 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 does not despise His prisoners.

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

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

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