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¹ Save me, O God,
For the ^(a)waters have ^[b]threatened my life.
² I have sunk in deep ^(b)mire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a ^[c](c)flood overflows me.
³ I am ^(d)weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My ^(e)eyes fail while I wait for my God.
⁴ Those ^(f)who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would ^[d]destroy me ^(g)are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
^(h)What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

⁵ O God, it is You who knows ⁽ⁱ⁾my folly,
And ^(j)my wrongs are not hidden from You.
⁶ May those who wait for You not ^(k)be ashamed through me, O Lord ^[e]God of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,
⁷ Because ^(l)for Your sake I have borne reproach;
^(m)Dishonor has covered my face.
⁸ I have become ⁽ⁿ⁾estranged ^[f]from my brothers
And an alien to my mother's sons.
⁹ For ^(o)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And ^(p)the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
¹⁰ When I wept ^(q)in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.
¹¹ When I made ^(r)sackcloth my clothing,
I became ^(s)a byword to them.
¹² Those who ^(t)sit in the gate talk about me,
And I am the ^[g](u)song of the drunkards.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, ^(v)at an acceptable time;
O God, in the ^(w)greatness of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with ^[h]Your saving truth.
¹⁴ Deliver me from the ^(x)mire and do not let me sink;
May I be ^(y)delivered from ^[i]my foes and from the ^[j](z)deep waters.
¹⁵ May the ^[k](aa)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the ^(ab)pit shut its mouth on me.

¹⁶ Answer me, O Lord, for ^(ac)Your lovingkindness is good;
^(ad)According to the greatness of Your compassion, ^(ae)turn to me,
¹⁷ And ^(af)do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am ^(ag)in distress; answer me quickly.
¹⁸ Oh draw near to my soul and ^(ah)redeem it;
^(ai)Ransom me because of my enemies!
¹⁹ You know my ^(aj)reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are ^[l]before You.

²⁰ Reproach has ^(ak)broken my heart and I am so sick.
And ^(al)I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for ^(am)comforters, but I found none.
²¹ They also gave me ^[m](an)gall ^[n]for my food
And for my thirst they ^(ao)gave me vinegar to drink.

²² May ^(ap)their table before them become a snare;
And ^[o](aq)when they are in peace, may it become a trap.
²³ May their ^(ar)eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their ^(as)loins shake continually.
^24 (at)Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
²⁵ May their ^[p](au)camp be desolate;
May none dwell in their tents.
²⁶ For they have ^(av)persecuted him whom ^(aw)You Yourself have smitten,
And they tell of the pain of those whom ^(ax)You have ^[q]wounded.
²⁷ Add ^(ay)iniquity to their iniquity,
And ^(az)may they not come into ^(ba)Your righteousness.
²⁸ May they be ^(bb)blotted out of the ^(bc)book of life
And may they not be ^[r](bd)recorded with the righteous.

²⁹ But I am ^(be)afflicted and in pain;
^[s]May Your salvation, O God, ^(bf)set me securely on high.
³⁰ I will ^(bg)praise the name of God with song
And ^(bh)magnify Him with ^(bi)thanksgiving.
³¹ And it will ^(bj)please the Lord better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.
³² The ^(bk)humble ^[t]have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, ^(bl)let your heart ^[u]revive.
³³ For ^(bm)the Lord hears the needy
And ^(bn)does not despise His who are prisoners.

³⁴ Let ^(bo)heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and ^(bp)everything that moves in them.
³⁵ For God will ^(bq)save Zion and ^(br)build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and ^(bs)possess it.
³⁶ The ^[v](bt)descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name ^(bu)will dwell in it.