To the chief musician, on Shoshannim (lilies) ; of David.{HR}Save me, O God, for the waters have come unto [my] soul.
I sink in deep mire where [is] no standing.{HR}I am come into depths of waters,{HR}And the flood overfloweth me.
I am wearied in my crying, parched is my throat,{HR}Mine eyes fail, while waiting for my God (Eloah).
More than the hairs of my head [are] those hating me without cause,{HR}Strong my destroyers, mine enemies falsely:{HR}What I took not away, then I restored.
O God, thou knowest, my foolishness,{HR}And my trespasses from thee are not hid.
Let not those be ashamed in me that wait on thee, Adonai Jehovah of hosts;{HR}Let not those be disgraced in me that seek thee, God of Israel.
Because on account of thee I have borne reproach;{HR}Disgrace hath covered my face.
A stranger I am become to my brethren,{HR}And an alien to my mother’s sons;
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up,{HR}And the reproaches of those reproaching thee fell on me.
And I wept [away] my soul in fasting;{HR}And it was for reproaches to me.
When I made my clothing sackcloth,{HR}I too was to them for a proverb.
Those that sit at the gate talk of me,{HR}And [I am] songs to drinkers of strong drink.
But as for me, my prayer [is] to thee,{HR}O Jehovah (in) an acceptable time;{HR}O God, in the abundance of thy mercy answer me,{HR}In the truth of thy salvation.
Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink;{HR}Let me be delivered from those hating me,{HR}And from the depths of waters.
Let not the waterflood overflow me,{HR}And let not the deep swallow me up;{HR}And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Answer me, O Jehovah, for good [is] thy mercy;{HR}According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn unto me;
And hide not thy face from thy servant,{HR}For I am troubled; speedily answer me.
Draw nigh to my soul, redeem it;{HR}Because of mine enemies ransom me.
Thou hast known my reproach,{HR}And my shame, and my disgrace;{HR}Before thee [are] all mine adversaries.
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed;{HR}And I looked for mourning, and [there was] none,{HR}And for comforters, and found none.
They gave me also gall for my food,{HR}And in my thirst they made me drink vinegar.
Let their table before them become a snare,{HR}And for securities a trap;
Let their eyes be dark from seeing,{HR}And their loins continually cause to swerve.
Pour upon them thine indignation,{HR}And let the heat of thine anger overtake them.
Let their habitation be desolate,{HR}In their tents be no dweller.
For whom thou hast smitten they persecute,{HR}And to the grief of thy wounded ones they talk.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity,{HR}And let them not come into thy righteousness;
Let them be blotted from the book of life,{HR}And with righteous ones let them not be written.
But I [am] poor and sorrowful:{HR}Let thy salvation, O God, set me on, high.
I will praise the name of God with a song,{HR}And I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox,{HR}A bullock horned [and] hoofed.
The meek have seen [and] are glad;{HR}Ye that seek God, your heart shall live.
For Jehovah heareth the needy,{HR}And despiseth not his prisoners.
Let heavens and earth praise him,{HR}Seas and everything moving in them.
For God will save Zion and build cities of Judah;{HR}And they shall dwell there and possess it.
And the seed of his servants shall inherit it,{HR}And the lovers of his name shall dwell therein.