1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come in up to my throat.
2 I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no place to stand; I have come into the depths of the waters, and the current overwhelms me.
3 I am worn out from crying; my throat is scorched; my eyes give out while I wait for my God.
4 Those who hate me for no reason outnumber the hairs of my head; strong are those who would silence me, my enemies without cause. What I did not steal I must then give back.
5 O God, you know my foolishness, and my guilt is not concealed from you.
6 Do not let those who hope in you be ashamed because of me, Lord GOD of hosts; do not let those who seek you be humiliated because of me, O God of Israel.
7 For on your account I have endured reproach; shame has covered my face.
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers and an alien to my mother's children.
9 For the zeal of your house has eaten me up, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen upon me.
10 When I wept, with fasting for my soul, that became an insult to me.
11 When I put on sackcloth for clothing, I became a proverb to them.
12 Those sitting in the gate talk of me, and the drinkers of strong drink make songs about me.
13 But as for me, my prayer goes to you, O LORD, in a time of favor; O God, in your great steadfast love answer me with the truth of your salvation.
14 Pull me out of the mud, and let me not sink; let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the depths of the waters.
15 Let not the torrent of waters overwhelm me, nor the deep swallow me, nor the pit shut its mouth over me.
16 Answer me, O LORD, for good is your steadfast love; in your great compassion turn toward me.
17 And do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in trouble; make haste to answer me.
18 Come near to my soul and redeem it; set me free because of my foes.
19 You know my reproach, my shame, my dishonor; my adversaries are all in your sight.
20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am deathly ill. I hoped for sympathy, but there was none, and for comforters, and found none.
21 They put gall in my food, and in my thirst they made me drink vinegar.
22 May their table before them become a trap, and for those at ease a snare.
23 May their eyes grow dim so they do not see, and make their loins shake continually.
24 Pour out your wrath upon them, and let the heat of your anger catch them.
25 May their camp be laid waste; in their tents may there be no one living.
26 For the one you have struck they pursue, and they talk about the pain of those you have pierced.
27 Put guilt upon their guilt, and let them not enter into your righteousness.
28 May they be wiped out of the book of the living and not be written with the righteous.
29 But I am lowly and in pain; may your salvation, O God, lift me to safety.
30 I will praise the name of God in song; I will make him great with thanksgiving.
31 And it will please the LORD more than an ox, or a bull that has horns and divided hoofs.
32 The lowly will see it and rejoice; you who seek God, may your hearts live!
33 For the LORD hears the needy and does not despise his own who are bound.
34 May heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that stirs in them.
35 For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and they will live there and take possession of it.
36 The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will settle there.