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Save Me, O God

¹ Save me, O God,
For the ^(C1)waters have ^(F1)threatened my life.

² I have sunk in deep ^(C1)clay, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a ^(F1)(C2)flood overflows me.

³ I am ^(C1)weary with my calling out; my throat is parched;
My ^(C2)eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁴ Those ^(C1)who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would ^(F1)destroy me ^(C2)are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
^(C3)What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

⁵ O God, it is You who knows ^(C1)my folly,
And ^(F1)(C2)all my guilt is not hidden from You.

⁶ May those who hope for You not ^(C1)be ashamed through me, O Lord Yahweh of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

⁷ Because ^(C1)for Your sake I have borne reproach;
^(C2)Dishonor has covered my face.

⁸ I have become ^(C1)estranged ^(F1)from my brothers
And a foreigner to my mother's sons.

⁹ For ^(C1)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And ^(C2)the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

¹⁰ When I wept ^(C1)in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.

¹¹ When I made ^(C1)sackcloth my clothing,
I became ^(C2)a byword to them.

¹² Those who ^(C1)dwell at the gate moan about me,
And I am ^(C2)the drunkards' songs.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Yahweh, ^(C1)at an acceptable time;
O God, in the ^(C2)abundance of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with the truth of Your salvation.

¹⁴ Deliver me from the ^(C1)mire and do not let me sink;
May I be ^(C2)delivered from ^(F1)my foes and from the ^(F2)(C1)deep waters.

¹⁵ May the ^(F1)(C1)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the ^(C2)pit shut its mouth on me.

¹⁶ Answer me, O Yahweh, for ^(C1)Your lovingkindness is good;
^(C2)According to the abundance of Your compassion, ^(C3)turn to me,

¹⁷ And ^(C1)do not hide Your face from Your slave,
For I am ^(C2)in distress; answer me quickly.

¹⁸ Oh draw near to my soul and ^(C1)redeem it;
^(C2)Ransom me because of my enemies!

¹⁹ You know my ^(C1)reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are ^(F1)before You.

²⁰ Reproach has ^(C1)broken my heart and I am so sick.
And ^(C2)I hoped for sympathy, but there was none,
And for ^(C3)comforters, but I found none.

²¹ They also gave me ^(F1)(C1)gall ^(F2)for my food
And for my thirst they ^(C2)gave me vinegar to drink.

²² May ^(C1)their table before them become a snare;
And ^(F1)(C2)when they are in peace, may it become a trap.

²³ May their ^(C1)eyes darken so that they cannot see,
And make their ^(C2)loins quake continually.

^24 (C1)Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵ May their ^(F1)(C1)camp be desolate;
May none dwell in their tents.

²⁶ For they have ^(C1)persecuted him whom ^(C2)You Yourself have struck down,
And they recount the pain of those whom ^(C3)You have ^(F1)wounded.

²⁷ Add ^(C1)iniquity to their iniquity,
And ^(C2)may they not come into ^(C3)Your righteousness.

²⁸ May they be ^(C1)blotted out of the ^(C2)book of life
And may they not be ^(F1)(C3)recorded with the righteous.

²⁹ But I am ^(C1)afflicted and in pain;
^(F1)May Your salvation, O God, ^(C2)set me securely on high.

³⁰ I will ^(C1)praise the name of God with song
And ^(C2)magnify Him with ^(C3)thanksgiving.

³¹ And this will ^(C1)please Yahweh better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.

³² The ^(C1)humble ^(F1)see it and are glad;
You who seek God, ^(C2)let your heart ^(F2)revive.

³³ For ^(C1)Yahweh hears the needy
And ^(C2)does not despise His who are prisoners.

³⁴ Let ^(C1)heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and ^(C2)everything that moves in them.

³⁵ For God will ^(C1)save Zion and ^(C2)build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and ^(C3)possess it.

³⁶ The ^(C1)seed of His slaves will inherit it,
And those who love His name ^(C2)will dwell in it.