New King James Version

King James Bible

1To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” [i]A Psalm[/i] of David. Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.

1To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

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

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

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

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

4Those 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.

4They 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.

5O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.

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

6Let not those who wait for You, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed because of me; Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

6Let 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, That became my reproach.

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

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

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

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

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

13But 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.

13But 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.

14Deliver 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.

14Deliver 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.

15Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

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

16Hear me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20Reproach 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.

20Reproach 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.

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

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

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

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

23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; And make their loins shake continually.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous.

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

29But I am poor and sorrowful; Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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

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

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

31This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bull, Which has horns and hooves.

31This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

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

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

33For the LORD hears the poor, And does not despise His prisoners.

33For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

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