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1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
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<<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Lilies." By David.>> Save me, 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.
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I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. 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 with my crying. My throat is dry. 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.
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Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.
5 You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.
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God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you.
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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Don't let those who wait for you be put to shame through me, Lord Yahweh of Hosts. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
7 For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.
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Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has 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 to my brothers, An alien to 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 of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
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When I wept and I fasted, That was to my reproach.
11 when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.
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When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
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Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am 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 to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your lovingkindness, answer me in the truth of your 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 don't let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who 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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Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.
16 Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.
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Answer me, Yahweh, for your lovingkindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
17 Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
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Don't hide your face from your servant, For I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
18 Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes.
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Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
19 You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.
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You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all 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.
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Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; 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 also gave me gall for my food. 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 before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and 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, so that they can't see. 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 your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake 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. Let no one 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 you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
27 Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.
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Charge them with crime upon crime. Don't let them come into your 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 life, 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 in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
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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It will please Yahweh better than an ox, Or a bull that has 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 have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
33 The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
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For Yahweh hears the needy, And doesn't despise his captive people.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,
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Let heaven and earth praise him; The seas, and everything that moves 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 build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
36 the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
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The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.