English Standard Version

New American Standard Bible 1995

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

1For the choir director; according to Shoshannim. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life.

2I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

2I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

3I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.

3I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?

4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

5O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.

5O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You.

6Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

6May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

7For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.

7Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face.

8I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s sons.

8I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother's sons.

9For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

9For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

10When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.

10When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach.

11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

12I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.

12Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

13But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.

13But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time; O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with Your saving truth.

14Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.

14Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.

15Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.

15May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.

16Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.

16Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,

17Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.

17And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

18Draw near to my soul, redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies!

18Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies!

19You know my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor; my foes are all known to you.

19You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You.

20Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

20Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none.

21They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.

21They also gave me gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.

22May their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.

23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually.

23May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually.

24Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your burning anger overtake them.

24Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them.

25May their camp be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents.

25May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents.

26For they persecute him whom you have struck down, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.

26For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.

27Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from you.

27Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness.

28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.

28May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous.

29But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high!

29But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.

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

30I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

31This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.

31And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.

32When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

32The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive.

33For the LORD hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

33For the LORD hears the needy And does not despise His who are prisoners.

34Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

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

35For God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah, and people shall dwell there and possess it;

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

36the offspring of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

36The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it.

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