King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
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Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
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I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.
3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
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I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
4 They 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.
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More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; many are those who would destroy me, my enemies who accuse me falsely. What I did not steal must I now restore?
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
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O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
6 Let 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.
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Do not let those who hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of hosts; do not let those who seek you be dishonored because of me, O God of Israel.
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
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It is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
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I have become a stranger to my kindred, an alien to my mother's children.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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It is zeal for your house that has consumed me; the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
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When I humbled my soul with fasting, they insulted me for doing so.
11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
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When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
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I am the subject of gossip for those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.
13 But 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.
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But 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. With your faithful help
14 Deliver 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.
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rescue me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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Do not let the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the Pit close its mouth over me.
16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
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Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
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Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress—make haste to answer me.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
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Draw near to me, redeem me, set me free because of my enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
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You know the insults I receive, and my shame and dishonor; my foes are all known to you.
20 Reproach 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.
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Insults 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.
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
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Let their table be a trap for them, a snare for their allies.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
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Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually.
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
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Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your burning anger overtake them.
25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
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May their camp be a desolation; let no one live in their tents.
26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
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For they persecute those whom you have struck down, and those whom you have wounded, they attack still more.
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
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Add guilt to their guilt; may they have no acquittal from you.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
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Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
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But I am lowly and in pain; let your salvation, O God, protect me.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
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I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
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This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.
32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
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Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
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For the Lord hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds.
34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
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Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
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For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and his servants shall live there and possess it;
36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
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the children of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall live in it.
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