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.
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.