[1] Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life.
[2] I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.
[3] I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
[4] Those 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.
[5] O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You.
[6] May 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,
[7] Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face.
[8] I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother's sons.
[9] For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
[10] When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach.
[11] When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
[12] Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards.
[13] But 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.
[14] Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.
[15] May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.
[16] Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,
[17] And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.
[18] Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies!
[19] You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You.
[20] Reproach 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.
[21] They also gave me gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
[22] May their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.
[23] May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually.
[24] Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them.
[25] May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents.
[26] For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.
[27] Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness.
[28] May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
[29] But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.
[30] I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving.
[31] And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.
[32] The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive.
[33] For the LORD hears the needy And does not despise His who are prisoners.
[34] Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.
[35] For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it.
[36] The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it.