Bible Reading Plan

¹ Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.^(a)
2 I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.^(b)
3 I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.^(c)
4 Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.^(d)
Though I did not steal, I must repay.^(e)

⁵ God, You know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.^(f)
6 Do not let those who put their hope in You
be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Hosts;
do not let those who seek You
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.^(g)
7 For I have endured insults because of You,
and shame has covered my face.^(h)
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother's sons^(i)
9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me,^(j)
and the insults of those who insult You
have fallen on me.^(k)
10 I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults.^(l)
11 I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.
¹² Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me.^(m)

¹³ But as for me, Lord ,
my prayer to You is for a time of favor.
In Your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with Your sure salvation.^(n)
14 Rescue me from the miry mud; don't let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep waters.^(o)
15 Don't let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don't let the Pit close its mouth over me.^(p)
16 Answer me, Lord ,
for Your faithful love is good;
in keeping with Your great compassion,
turn to me.^(q)
17 Don't hide Your face from Your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly!^(r)
18 Draw near to me and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.^(s)

¹⁹ You know the insults I endure—
my shame and disgrace.
You are aware of all my adversaries.^(t)
20 Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.^(u)
21 Instead, they gave me gall^[b] for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.^(v)

²² Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies.^(w)
23 Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
and let their loins continually shake.^(x)
24 Pour out Your rage on them,
and let Your burning anger overtake them.^(y)
25 Make their fortification desolate;
may no one live in their tents.^(z)
26 For they persecute the one You struck
and talk about the pain of those You wounded.^(aa)
27 Add guilt to their guilt;
do not let them share in Your righteousness.^(ab)
28 Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.^(ac)

²⁹ But as for me—poor and in pain—
let Your salvation protect me, God.^(ad)
30 I will praise God's name with song
and exalt Him with thanksgiving.^(ae)
31 That will please Yahweh more than an ox,
more than a bull with horns and hooves.^(af)
32 The humble will see it and rejoice.
You who seek God, take heart!^(ag)
33 For the Lord listens to the needy
and does not despise
His own who are prisoners.^(ah)

³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise Him,
the seas and everything that moves in them,^(ai)
35 for God will save Zion
and build up^[c] the cities of Judah.
They will live there and possess it.^(aj)
36 The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
and those who love His name will live in it.^(ak)