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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; 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; 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 GOD of hosts; 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 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 LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy, 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; ¹⁷ Answer me, O LORD, 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;

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 anger 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 the LORD 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 the LORD 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.