1 To the chief Musician * h5329 h8764 upon Shoshannim * h7799, A Psalm of David * h1732. Save * h3467 h8685 me, O God * h430; for the waters * h4325 are come * h935 h8804 in unto my soul * h5315.
2 I sink * h2883 h8804 in deep * h4688 mire * h3121, where there is no standing * h4613: I am come * h935 h8804 into deep * h4615 waters * h4325, where the floods * h7641 overflow * h7857 h8804 me. deep mire: Heb. the mire of depth deep waters: Heb. depth of waters
3 I am weary * h3021 h8804 of my crying * h7121 h8800: my throat * h1627 is dried * h2787 h8738: mine eyes * h5869 fail * h3615 h8804 while I wait * h3176 h8764 for my God * h430.
4 They that hate * h8130 h8802 me without a cause * h2600 are more * h7231 h8804 than the hairs * h8185 of mine head * h7218: they that would destroy * h6789 h8688 me, being mine enemies * h341 h8802 wrongfully * h8267, are mighty * h6105 h8804: then I restored * h7725 h8686 that which I took not away * h1497 h8804.
5 O God * h430, thou knowest * h3045 h8804 my foolishness * h200; and my sins * h819 are not hid * h3582 h8738 from thee. sins: Heb. guiltiness
6 Let not them that wait * h6960 h8802 on thee, O Lord * h136 GOD * h3069 of hosts * h6635, be ashamed * h954 h8799 for my sake: let not those that seek * h1245 h8764 thee be confounded * h3637 h8735 for my sake, O God * h430 of Israel * h3478.
7 Because for thy sake I have borne * h5375 h8804 reproach * h2781; shame * h3639 hath covered * h3680 h8765 my face * h6440.
8 I am become a stranger * h2114 h8716 unto my brethren * h251, and an alien * h5237 unto my mother's * h517 children * h1121.
9 For the zeal * h7068 of thine house * h1004 hath eaten me up * h398 h8804; and the reproaches * h2781 of them that reproached * h2778 h8802 thee are fallen * h5307 h8804 upon me.
10 When I wept * h1058 h8799, and chastened my soul * h5315 with fasting * h6685, that was to my reproach * h2781.
11 I made * h5414 h8799 sackcloth * h8242 also my garment * h3830; and I became a proverb * h4912 to them.
12 They that sit in * h3427 h8802 the gate * h8179 speak * h7878 h8799 against me; and I was the song * h5058 of the drunkards * h8354 h8802 * h7941. drunkards: Heb. drinkers of strong drink
13 But as for me, my prayer * h8605 is unto thee, O LORD * h3068, in an acceptable * h7522 time * h6256: O God * h430, in the multitude * h7230 of thy mercy * h2617 hear * h6030 h8798 me, in the truth * h571 of thy salvation * h3468.
14 Deliver * h5337 h8685 me out of the mire * h2916, and let me not sink * h2883 h8799: let me be delivered * h5337 h8735 from them that hate * h8130 h8802 me, and out of the deep * h4615 waters * h4325.
15 Let not the waterflood * h4325 * h7641 overflow * h7857 h8799 me, neither let the deep * h4688 swallow me up * h1104 h8799, and let not the pit * h875 shut * h332 h8799 her mouth * h6310 upon me.
16 Hear * h6030 h8798 me, O LORD * h3068; for thy lovingkindness * h2617 is good * h2896: turn * h6437 h8798 unto me according to the multitude * h7230 of thy tender mercies * h7356.
17 And hide * h5641 h8686 not thy face * h6440 from thy servant * h5650; for I am in trouble * h6887 h8804: hear * h6030 h8798 me speedily * h4118. hear...: Heb. make haste to hear me
18 Draw nigh * h7126 h8798 unto my soul * h5315, and redeem * h1350 h8798 it: deliver * h6299 h8798 me because of mine enemies * h341 h8802.
19 Thou hast known * h3045 h8804 my reproach * h2781, and my shame * h1322, and my dishonour * h3639: mine adversaries * h6887 h8802 are all before thee.
20 Reproach * h2781 hath broken * h7665 h8804 my heart * h3820; and I am full of heaviness * h5136 h8799: and I looked * h6960 h8762 for some to take pity * h5110 h8800, but there was none; and for comforters * h5162 h8764, but I found * h4672 h8804 none. to take...: Heb. to lament with me
21 They gave * h5414 h8799 me also gall * h7219 for my meat * h1267; and in my thirst * h6772 they gave me vinegar * h2558 to drink * h8248 h8686.
22 Let their table * h7979 become a snare * h6341 before * h6440 them: and that which should have been for their welfare * h7965, let it become a trap * h4170.
23 Let their eyes * h5869 be darkened * h2821 h8799, that they see * h7200 h8800 not; and make their loins * h4975 continually * h8548 to shake * h4571 h8685.
24 Pour out * h8210 h8798 thine indignation * h2195 upon them, and let thy wrathful * h2740 anger * h639 take hold * h5381 h8686 of them.
25 Let their habitation * h2918 be desolate * h8074 h8737; and let none dwell * h3427 h8802 in their tents * h168. their habitation: Heb. their palace let none...: Heb. let there not be a dweller
26 For they persecute * h7291 h8804 him whom thou hast smitten * h5221 h8689; and they talk * h5608 h8762 to the grief * h4341 of those whom thou hast wounded * h2491. those...: Heb. thy wounded
27 Add * h5414 h8798 iniquity * h5771 unto their iniquity * h5771: and let them not come * h935 h8799 into thy righteousness * h6666. iniquity unto...: or, punishment of iniquity, etc
28 Let them be blotted * h4229 h8735 out of the book * h5612 of the living * h2416, and not be written * h3789 h8735 with the righteous * h6662.
29 But I am poor * h6041 and sorrowful * h3510 h8802: let thy salvation * h3444, O God * h430, set me up on high * h7682 h8762.
30 I will praise * h1984 h8762 the name * h8034 of God * h430 with a song * h7892, and will magnify * h1431 h8762 him with thanksgiving * h8426.
31 This also shall please * h3190 the LORD * h3068 better * h3190 h8799 than an ox * h7794 or bullock * h6499 that hath horns * h7160 h8688 and hoofs * h6536 h8688.
32 The humble * h6035 shall see * h7200 h8804 this, and be glad * h8055 h8799: and your heart * h3824 shall live * h2421 h8799 that seek * h1875 h8802 God * h430. humble: or, meek
33 For the LORD * h3068 heareth * h8085 h8802 the poor * h34, and despiseth * h959 h8804 not his prisoners * h615.
34 Let the heaven * h8064 and earth * h776 praise * h1984 h8762 him, the seas * h3220, and every thing that moveth * h7430 h8802 therein. moveth: Heb. creepeth
35 For God * h430 will save * h3467 h8686 Zion * h6726, and will build * h1129 h8799 the cities * h5892 of Judah * h3063: that they may dwell * h3427 h8804 there, and have it in possession * h3423 h8804.
36 The seed * h2233 also of his servants * h5650 shall inherit * h5157 h8799 it: and they that love * h157 h8802 his name * h8034 shall dwell * h7931 h8799 therein.