| | 1 | For the director of music. To the tune of"Lilies." Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. | |
| | 2 | I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. | |
| | 3 | I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. | |
| | 4 | Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal. | |
| | 5 | You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you. | |
| | 6 | May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O Lord, the LORD Almighty; may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel. | |
| | 7 | For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face. | |
| | 8 | I am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother's sons; | |
| | 9 | for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me. | |
| | 10 | When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn; | |
| | 11 | when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me. | |
| | 12 | Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards. | |
| | 13 | But I pray to you, O LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation. | |
| | 14 | Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters. | |
| | 15 | Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me. | |
| | 16 | Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me. | |
| | 17 | Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble. | |
| | 18 | Come near and rescue me; redeem me because of my foes. | |
| | 19 | You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you. | |
| | 20 | Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none. | |
| | 21 | They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst. | |
| | 22 | May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap. | |
| | 23 | May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. | |
| | 24 | Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them. | |
| | 25 | May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents. | |
| | 26 | For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt. | |
| | 27 | Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation. | |
| | 28 | May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous. | |
| | 29 | I am in pain and distress; may your salvation, O God, protect me. | |
| | 30 | I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. | |
| | 31 | This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs. | |
| | 32 | The poor will see and be glad--you who seek God, may your hearts live! | |
| | 33 | The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people. | |
| | 34 | Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them, | |
| | 35 | for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it; | |
| | 36 | the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there. | |
