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

Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.

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

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

I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine 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.

They 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, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.

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

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.

Let 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 Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

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

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto 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.

For 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 became my reproach.

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

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

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

12 T hose who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

They 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 to You, O Lord, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

But 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 those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.

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.

Reproach 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 also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

They gave me also 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 well-being a trap.

Let 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 do not see; And make their loins shake continually.

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

24 P our out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

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

Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.

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

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

27 A dd iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your righteousness.

Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

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 life, 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.

But 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.

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.

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

32 T he humble shall see this and be glad; And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.

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

33 F or the Lord hears the poor, And does not despise His prisoners.

For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.

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

Let 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, That they may dwell there and possess it.

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

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

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