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1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
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<<To the chief musician: Upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.>> Save me, O God, for the waters have come in unto my soul.
2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
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I sink into deep mire where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters where the floods overflow me.
3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
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I am weary of my crying, my throat is dry; mine eyes fail while I wait 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.
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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 was made to restore that which I took not away.
5 You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.
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O God, Thou knowest my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from Thee.
6 Lord, the LORD Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.
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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,
7 For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.
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because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8 I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children;
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I have become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
9 for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
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For the zeal for Thine house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproached Thee have fallen upon me.
10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
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When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, that was turned to my reproach.
11 when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.
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I also made sackcloth my garment, and I became a proverb to them.
12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
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They that sit at the gate speak against me, and I have become the song of the drunkards.
13 But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
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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.
14 Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
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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.
15 Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.
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Let not the floodwater overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.
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Hear me, O LORD, for Thy lovingkindness is good; turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies.
17 Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
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And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, for I am in trouble; hear me speedily.
18 Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes.
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Draw nigh unto my soul and redeem it; deliver me because of mine enemies.
19 You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.
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Thou hast known my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; mine adversaries are all before Thee.
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.
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Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I looked for some to take pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.
21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
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They gave me also gall for my meat, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.
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Let their table become a snare before them, and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
24 Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.
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Pour out Thine indignation upon them, and let Thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
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Let their habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
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For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten, and they talk of the grief of those whom Thou hast wounded.
27 Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.
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Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into Thy righteousness.
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.
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Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain— may your salvation, God, protect me.
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But I am poor and sorrowful; let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with 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 an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves.
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This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32 The poor will see and be glad— you who seek God, may your hearts live!
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The humble shall see this and be glad, and your heart shall live, that seek God.
33 The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
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For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not His prisoners.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,
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Let the heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and every thing that moveth therein.
35 for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;
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For God will save Zion and will build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
36 the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
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The seed also of His servants shall inherit it, and them that love His name shall dwell therein.
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