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¹ Save me, O God, For waters have entered as far as the life;² I have sunk in deep swamp, Where there is no place to stand, I have come into abysses of waters, Where a flood hath overflowed me;³ I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat, - Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God.⁴ More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause, - Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause, - What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.⁵ O God, thou, hast known my folly, And, my wrong-doings, from thee, have not been hid.⁶ Let them not be ashamed, through me, Who have waited for thee, O My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, - Let them not be confounded, through me, Who are seeking thee, O God of Israel!⁷ Because, for thy sake, have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face;⁸ One estranged, have I become, to my own brethren, Yea, an alien, to the sons of my own mother;⁹ Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me.¹⁰ When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach;¹¹ When I have made my clothing of sackcloth, Then have I served them for a by-word;¹² They who sit in the gate talk against me, - And against me are the songs of them who imbibe strong drink.

¹³ But, as for me, my prayer shall be unto thee, O Yahweh, in a time of acceptance, O God, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, answer me with thy saving faithfulness.¹⁴ Rescue me out of the mire, lest I sink, Let me be rescued, From my haters, and, From abysses of waters:¹⁵ Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth.¹⁶ Answer me, O Yahweh, for good is thy lovingkindness, According to the abounding of thy compassions, turn thou towards me:¹⁷ Then do not hide thy face from thy servant, Because I am in distress, haste thou - answer me!¹⁸ Oh draw near unto my soul - redeem it, Because of mine enemies, ransom me.¹⁹ Thou, knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion, Before thee, are all mine adversaries.²⁰ Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am weak, - Though I waited for one to pity me, yet there was none, And for comforters, yet I found not any.²¹ But they put in my food - poison! And, for my thirst, they gave for my drink - vinegar!

²² Let their table, before them, become a snare, And unto their friends, a lure;²³ Let their eyes become too dim to see, And, their loins, continually cause thou to shake;²⁴ Pour out over them thine indignation, And let, the glow of thine anger, overtake them:²⁵ Let their encampment become desolate, In their tents, be there none to dwell:²⁶ For, whom, thou thyself, hadst smitten, they pursued, And, unto the pain of thy wounded ones, they must needs add.²⁷ Lay punishment on their iniquity, And let them not enter into thy righteousness;²⁸ Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And, with the righteous, let them not be enrolled.²⁹ I, then, am humbled and in pain, Thy salvation, O God, may it set me on high.

³⁰ I will praise the Name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving;³¹ So shall it be more pleasing to Yahweh than a bullock of the herd, Showing horn and divided hoof.³² The humbled have seen - they rejoice! Ye seekers of God, let your heart, then, revive;³³ For, a Hearkener to the needy, is Yahweh, And, his prisoners, hath he not despised.³⁴ Let the heavens and the earth, praise him, The seas, and everything that creepeth therein.³⁵ For, God, will save Zion, And build the cities of Judah, So shall men dwell there, and possess it:³⁶ Yea, the seed of his servants, shall inherit it, And, the lovers of his Name, shall settle down therein.