To the chief Musician
upon Shoshannim,
A Psalm of David.
Save
me, O God;
for the waters
are come
in unto my soul.
I sink
in deep
mire,
where there is no standing:
I am come
into deep
waters,
where the floods
overflow
me.
I am weary
of my crying:
my throat
is dried:
mine eyes
fail
while I wait
for my God.
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.
O God,
thou knowest
my foolishness;
and my sins
are not hid
from thee.
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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.
Because for thy sake I have borne
reproach;
shame
hath covered
my face.
I am become a stranger
unto my brethren,
and an alien
unto my mother's
children.
For the zeal
of thine house
hath eaten me up;
and the reproaches
of them that reproached
thee are fallen
upon me.
When I wept,
and chastened my soul
with fasting,
that was to my reproach.
I made
sackcloth
also my garment;
and I became a proverb
to them.
They that sit in
the gate
speak
against me; and I was the song
of the drunkards.
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.
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.
Let not the waterflood
overflow
me, neither let the deep
swallow me up,
and let not the pit
shut
her mouth
upon me.
Hear
me, O LORD;
for thy lovingkindness
is good:
turn
unto me according to the multitude
of thy tender mercies.
And hide
not thy face
from thy servant;
for I am in trouble:
hear
me speedily.
Draw nigh
unto my soul,
and redeem
it: deliver
me because of mine enemies.
Thou hast known
my reproach,
and my shame,
and my dishonour:
mine adversaries
are all before thee.
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.
They gave
me also gall
for my meat;
and in my thirst
they gave me vinegar
to drink.
Let their table
become a snare
before
them: and that which should have been for their welfare,
let it become a trap.
Let their eyes
be darkened,
that they see
not; and make their loins
continually
to shake.
Pour out
thine indignation
upon them, and let thy wrathful
anger
take hold
of them.
Let their habitation
be desolate;
and let none dwell
in their tents.
For they persecute
him whom thou hast smitten;
and they talk
to the grief
of those whom thou hast wounded.
Add
iniquity
unto their iniquity:
and let them not come
into thy righteousness.
Let them be blotted
out of the book
of the living,
and not be written
with the righteous.
But I am poor
and sorrowful:
let thy salvation,
O God,
set me up on high.
I will praise
the name
of God
with a song,
and will magnify
him with thanksgiving.
This also shall please
the LORD
better
than an ox
or bullock
that hath horns
and hoofs.
The humble
shall see
this, and be glad:
and your heart
shall live
that seek
God.
For the LORD
heareth
the poor,
and despiseth
not his prisoners.
Let the heaven
and earth
praise
him, the seas,
and every thing that moveth
therein.
For God
will save
Zion,
and will build
the cities
of Judah:
that they may dwell
there, and have it in possession.
The seed
also of his servants
shall inherit
it: and they that love
his name
shall dwell
therein.
