1  Save me, O God!

For ^uthe waters have come up to my neck.¹

2  I sink in deep ^vmire,

where there is no foothold;

I have come into deep waters,

and the flood ^wsweeps over me.

3  ^xI am weary with my crying out;

^ymy throat is parched.

^zMy eyes grow dim

with ^awaiting for my God.

4  ^bMore in number than the hairs of my head

are ^cthose who hate me ^dwithout cause;

mighty are those who would destroy me,

^ethose who attack me with lies.

What I did not steal

must I now restore?

5  O God, you know my folly;

the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.

6  Let not those who hope in you ^fbe put to shame through me,

O Lord God of hosts;

let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,

O God of Israel.

7  For it is ^gfor your sake that I have borne reproach,

that dishonor has covered my face.

8  I have become ^ha stranger to my brothers,

an alien to my mother’s sons.

9  For ⁱzeal for your house has consumed me,

and ^jthe reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

10  When I wept and humbled² my soul with fasting,

it became my reproach.

11  When I made ^ksackcloth my clothing,

I became ^la byword to them.

12  I am the talk of those who ^msit in the gate,

and the drunkards make ⁿsongs about me.

13  But as for me, my ^oprayer is to you, O Lord.

At ^pan acceptable time, O God,

in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.

14  Deliver me

from sinking in ^qthe mire;

^rlet me be delivered from my enemies

and from ^sthe deep waters.

15  Let not the flood sweep over me,

or the deep swallow me up,

or ^tthe pit close ^uits mouth over me.

16  Answer me, O Lord, for your ^vsteadfast love is good;

according to your abundant ^wmercy, ^xturn to me.

17  ^yHide not your face from your servant,

^zfor I am in distress; ^amake haste to answer me.

18  Draw near to my soul, redeem me;

ransom me because of my enemies!

19  You know my ^breproach,

and my shame and my dishonor;

my foes are all known to you.

20  ^bReproaches have broken my heart,

so that I am in ^cdespair.

I ^dlooked for ^epity, but there was none,

and for ^fcomforters, but I found none.

21  They gave me ^gpoison for food,

and for my thirst they gave me ^hsour wine to drink.

22  ⁱLet their own ^jtable before them become a snare;

^kand when they are at peace, let it become a trap.³

23  ^lLet their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,

^mand make their loins tremble continually.

24  Pour out your indignation upon them,

and let your burning anger overtake them.

25  ⁿMay their camp be a desolation;

let no one dwell in their tents.

26  For they ^opersecute him whom ^pyou have struck down,

and they recount the pain of ^qthose you have wounded.

27  ^rAdd to them punishment upon punishment;

may they have no acquittal from you.⁴

28  Let them be ^sblotted out of the book of the living;

let them not be ^tenrolled among the righteous.

29  But I am afflicted and in pain;

let your salvation, O God, ^uset me on high!

30  I will ^vpraise the name of God with a song;

I will ^wmagnify him with ^xthanksgiving.

31  This will ^yplease the Lord more than an ox

or a bull ^zwith horns and hoofs.

32  When ^athe humble see it they will be glad;

you who seek God, ^alet your hearts revive.

33  For the Lord hears the needy

and ^bdoes not despise his own people who are prisoners.

34  Let ^cheaven and earth praise him,

the seas and everything that moves in them.

35  For ^dGod will save Zion

and build up the cities of Judah,

and people shall dwell there and possess it;

36  ^ethe offspring of his servants shall inherit it,

and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

1  ^tBe not silent, O ^uGod of my praise!

2  For wicked and ^vdeceitful mouths are opened against me,

speaking against me with lying tongues.

3  They encircle me with words of hate,

and attack me ^wwithout cause.

4  In return for my love they ^xaccuse me,

but I ^ygive myself to prayer.¹

5  So they ^zreward me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

6  ^aAppoint a wicked man ^bagainst him;

let an accuser stand ^cat his right hand.

7  When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;

let his ^dprayer be counted as sin!

8  May his ^edays be few;

may ^fanother take his ^goffice!

9  May his ^hchildren be fatherless

and his wife a widow!

10  May his children ⁱwander about and beg,

^jseeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!

11  May ^kthe creditor seize all that he has;

may ^kstrangers plunder the fruits of his toil!

12  Let there be none to ^lextend kindness to him,

nor any to ^mpity his fatherless children!

13  May his ⁿposterity be cut off;

may his ^oname be blotted out in the second generation!

14  May ^pthe iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,

and let not the sin of his mother be ^qblotted out!

15  ^rLet them be before the Lord continually,

that he may ^scut off the memory of them from the earth!

16  For he did not remember to show kindness,

but pursued ^tthe poor and needy

and ^uthe brokenhearted, to put them to death.

17  ^vHe loved to curse; let curses come² upon him!

He did not delight in blessing; may it be far³ from him!

18  He ^wclothed himself with cursing as his coat;

may it ^xsoak⁴ into his body like water,

like oil into his bones!

19  May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,

like a belt that he puts on every day!

20  May this be the reward of my ^yaccusers from the Lord,

of those who speak evil against my life!

21  But you, O God my Lord,

deal on my behalf ^zfor your name’s sake;

because your ^asteadfast love is good, deliver me!

22  For I am ^bpoor and needy,

and my heart is stricken within me.

23  I am gone like ^ca shadow at evening;

I am ^dshaken off like a locust.

24  My knees are weak ^ethrough fasting;

my ^fbody has become gaunt, with no fat.

25  I am ^gan object of scorn to my accusers;

when they see me, they ^hwag their heads.

26  ⁱHelp me, O Lord my God!

Save me according to your steadfast love!

27  Let them ^jknow that this is your hand;

you, O Lord, have done it!

28  ^kLet them curse, but you will bless!

They arise and are put to shame, but ^lyour servant will be glad!

29  May my accusers be ^mclothed with dishonor;

may they ⁿbe wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

30  With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;

I will ^opraise him in the midst of the throng.

31  For he stands ^pat the right hand of the needy one,

to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.