GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 Save me, O God! The water is already up to my neck!
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To the Chief Musician. Set the 'The Lilies.' A Psalm of David. Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.
2 I am sinking in deep mud. There is nothing to stand on. I am in deep water. A flood is sweeping me away.
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I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.
3 I am exhausted from crying for help. My throat is hoarse. My eyes are strained [from] looking for my God.
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I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 Those who hate me for no reason outnumber the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me are mighty. They have no reason to be my enemies. I am forced to pay back what I did not steal.
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Those 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.
5 O God, you know my stupidity, and the things of which I am guilty are not hidden from you.
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O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.
6 Do not let those who wait with hope for you be put to shame because of me, O Almighty LORD of Armies. Do not let those who come to you for help be humiliated because of me, O God of Israel.
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Let 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.
7 Indeed, for your sake I have endured insults. Humiliation has covered my face.
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Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face.
8 I have become a stranger to my [own] brothers, a foreigner to my mother's sons.
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I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother's children;
9 Indeed, devotion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
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Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
10 I cried and fasted, but I was insulted for it.
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When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, That became my reproach.
11 I dressed myself in sackcloth, but I became the object of ridicule.
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I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.
12 Those who sit at the gate gossip about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.
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Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.
13 May my prayer come to you at an acceptable time, O LORD. O God, out of the greatness of your mercy, answer me with the truth of your salvation.
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But 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.
14 Rescue me from the mud. Do not let me sink [into it]. I want to be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep water.
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Deliver 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.
15 Do not let floodwaters sweep me away. Do not let the ocean swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
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Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
16 Answer me, O LORD, because your mercy is good. Out of your unlimited compassion, turn to me.
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Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
17 I am in trouble, so do not hide your face from me. Answer me quickly!
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And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.
18 Come close, and defend my soul. Set me free because of my enemies.
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Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies.
19 You know that I have been insulted, put to shame, and humiliated. All my opponents are in front of you.
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You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are all before You.
20 Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none. I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one.
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Reproach 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.
21 They poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.
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They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let the table set for them become a trap and a snare for their friends.
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Let their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a trap.
23 Let their vision become clouded so that they cannot see. Let their thighs continually shake.
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Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; And make their loins shake continually.
24 Pour your rage on them. Let your burning anger catch up with them.
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Pour out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 Let their camp be deserted and their tents empty.
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Let their dwelling place be desolate; Let no one live in their tents.
26 They persecute the one you have struck, and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.
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For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
27 Charge them with one crime after another. Do not let them be found innocent.
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Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your righteousness.
28 Let their [names] be erased from the Book of Life. Do not let them be listed with righteous people.
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Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous.
29 I am suffering and in pain. Let your saving power protect me, O God.
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But I am poor and sorrowful; Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 I want to praise the name of God with a song. I want to praise its greatness with a song of thanksgiving.
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I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
31 This will please the LORD more than [sacrificing] an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.
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This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull, Which has horns and hooves.
32 Oppressed people will see [this] and rejoice. May the hearts of those who look to God for help be refreshed.
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The humble shall see this and be glad; And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.
33 The LORD listens to needy people. He does not despise his own who are in prison.
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For the Lord hears the poor, And does not despise His prisoners.
34 Let heaven and earth, the seas, and everything that moves in them, praise him.
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Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.
35 When God saves Zion, he will rebuild the cities of Judah. His servants will live there and take possession of it.
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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. Those who love him will live there.
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Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who love His name shall dwell in it.