1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

<>Save me, O God

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

<>where there is no standing

3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

<>I am weary, <>eyes fail while I wait

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.

<>They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head, <>They that hate me without a cause, <>mighty, <>I restored that which I took not away.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

<>my sins are not hid from thee

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.

<>Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed, <>wait on thee, <>seek thee

7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

<>for thy sake I have borne reproach

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

<>stranger, <>an alien, <>children

9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

<>the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up, <>zeal

10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

<>fasting

11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

<>the gate, <>drunkards

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.

<>my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time, <>O God, … hear me, <>the multitude of thy mercy

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.

<>vv. 14,17, <>Deliver me … let me be delivered

15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

<>thy lovingkindness, <>thy tender mercies

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

<>vv. 14,17, <>hide not thy face from thy servant, <>thy servant

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

<>Draw nigh unto my soul, <>redeem

19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

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.

<>broken my heart, <>I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none., <>I looked for some to take pity, <>I looked … for comforters

21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

<>v. 21

22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

<>Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

<>thy wrathful anger

25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

<>habitation, <>tents

26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

<>they persecute him

27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

<>Add iniquity unto their iniquity, <>let them not come into thy righteousness

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

<>Let them be blotted out of the book of the living

29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

<>I am poor

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

<>vv. 30-32, <>I will praise the name of God with a song

31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

<>vv. 30-32

32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

<>vv. 30-32

33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

<>the LORD heareth the poor, <>despiseth, <>his prisoners

34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

<>Let the heaven and earth praise him

35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

<>cities

36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

<>they that love his name