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| [1]The titil of the nyne and sixtithe salm. To the victorie `of Dauid, `to haue mynde. |
[1]SAVE me, O God; for the waters are come near to engulf me. |
| [2]God, biholde thou in to myn heelp; Lord, hast thou to helpe me. |
[2]I sink in deep mire where there is no footing; I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. |
| [3]Be thei schent, and aschamed; that seken my lijf. Be thei turned a bak; and schame thei, that wolen yuels to me. |
[3]I am weary of my crying; my throat is dry; mine eyes fail while I wait for God. |
| [4]Be thei turned awei anoon, and schame thei; that seien to me, Wel! wel! |
[4]They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty; then I restored that which I took lawfully. |
| [5]Alle men that seken thee, make fulli ioie, and be glad in thee; and thei that louen thin heelthe, seie euere, The Lord be magnyfied. |
[5]O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. |
| [6]Forsothe Y am a nedi man, and pore; God, helpe thou me. Thou art myn helper and my delyuerere; Lord, tarye thou not. |
[6]Let not them that trust in thee be ashamed through me, O LORD God of hosts; let not those that seek thee be dishonored through me, O God of Israel. |
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[7]Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face. |
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[8]I am become a stranger to my brethren and an alien to my mother's children. |
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[9]For the zeal of thy house has made me courageous; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. |
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[10]When I humbled and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. |
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[11]I made sackcloth also my garment and I became a proverb to them. |
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[12]They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. |
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[13]But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of thy mercy answer me, in the abundance of thy salvation, |
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[14]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. |
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[15]Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the well shut its mouth upon me. |
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[16]Answer me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good; turn to me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. |
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[17]And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble; answer me speedily. |
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[18]Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; deliver me because of mine enemies. |
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[19]Thou knowest my reproach and my shame, and my dishonour is spread before all mine adversaries. |
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[20]O thou, heal my broken heart and bind it; I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. |
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[21]They gave me bitter herbs for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. |
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[22]Let their table become a snare before them; and that which should have been for their reward, let it become a trap. |
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[23]Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their backs continually to bend. |
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[24]Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. |
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[25]Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. |
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[26]The one which thou hast smitten, they have persecuted; they have added to the grief of him who is wounded. |
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[27]Add punishment of iniquity to their iniquity, that they may enter not into thy righteousness. |
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[28]Let them be blotted out of thy book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. |
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[29]But I am poor and sorrowful; let thy salvation help me, O God. |
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[30]I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. |
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[31]This shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs. |
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[32]The humble shall see this and be glad; and your heart shall live that seek God. |
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[33]For the LORD hears the poor, and despises not his prisoners. |
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[34]Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moves therein. |
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[35]For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; |
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[36]His servants shall dwell in it and shall inherit it; they that love his name shall dwell therein. |