[1]For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David. [2]Save me, O God; for the waters are come in even unto the soul. [3]I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me. [4]I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. [5]They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are many; should I restore that which I took not away? [6]O God, Thou knowest my folly; and my trespasses are not hid from Thee. [7]Let not them that wait for Thee be ashamed through me, O Lord ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ of hosts; let not those that seek Thee be brought to confusion through me, O God of Israel. [8]Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face. [9]I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. [10]Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me. [11]And I wept with my soul with fasting, and that became unto me a reproach. [12]I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them. [13]They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards. [14]But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, in an acceptable time; O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy answer me with the truth of Thy salvation. [15]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. [16]Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. [17]Answer me, O ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, for Thy mercy is good; according to the multitude of Thy compassions turn Thou unto me. [18]And hide not Thy face from Thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily. [19]Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it; ransom me because of mine enemies. [20]Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; mine adversaries are all before Thee. [21]Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick; and I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. [22]Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. [23]Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, let it become a trap. [24]Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter. [25]Pour out Thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of Thine ang overtake them. [26]Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents. [27]For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten; and they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded. [28]Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into Thy righteousness. [29]Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. [30]But I am afflicted and in pain; let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. [31]I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving. [32]And it shall please ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. [33]The humble shall see it, and be glad; ye that seek after God, let your heart revive. [34]For ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ hearkeneth unto the needy, and despiseth not His prisoners. [35]Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. [36]For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession. [37]The seed also of His servants shall inherit it; and they that love His name shall dwell therein.
 
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