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Save me, O God
For the waters have come up to my neck, My Lord
I sink in the miry depths
Where there is no foothold

I have come into the deep waters
The floods engulf me
I am worn out calling for help
My throat is parched, please save me

My eyes fail
Looking for my God
But I will wait patiently
Will wait for my Lord

Those who hate me without reason
Outnumber the hairs of my head
Many are my enemies without cause
Those who seek to destroy me and they will not forget

I am forced to restore
What I did not steal
There is only one hope
Hope for Your will

You, God, know my folly
My guilt is not hidden from You
Lord, the Lord Almighty
Here my pray to You

May those who hope in You
Not be disgraced because of me
God of Israel, may those who seek You
Not be put to shame because of me

For I endure scorn for Your sake
And shame covers my face
I am a foreigner to my own family
A stranger to my own mother’s children, disgraced

For zeal for Your house consumes me
And the insults of those who insult you fall on me
When I weep and fast I must endure scorn
When I put on sackcloth people make sport of me

Those who sit at the gate mock me
And I am the song of the drunkards
But I pray to You, Lord
Pray even on backyards

I pray to You, Lord
In the time of Your favor
In your great love, O God
Answer me with Your sure salvation and save me

Rescue me from the mire
Do not let me sink
Deliver me from those who hate me
From the deep waters, so deep that no one could think

Do not let the floodwaters engulf me
Or the depths swallow me up
Or the pit close its mouth over me
Save me, Lord, take away this cup

Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of Your love
In Your great mercy turn to me
Do not hide Your face from Your servant
I am in trouble, please quickly answer me

Come near and rescue me
Deliver me because of my foes
You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed
All my enemies are before you and they should loose

Scorn has broken my heart
And has left me helpless
I looked for sympathy, but there was none
For comforters, but I found none and it was endless

They put gall in my food
And gave me vinegar for my thirst
May the table set before them become a snare
May it become retribution and a trap, may they be cursed

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see
And their backs be bent forever
Pour out Your wrath on them
Let Your fierce anger overtake them to see light never

May their place be deserted
Let there be no one to dwell in their tents
For they persecute those You wound
And talk about the pain of those You hurt and bend

Charge them with crime upon crime
Do not let them share in Your salvation
May they be blotted out of the book of life
And not be listed with the righteous in all generations

But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
May Your salvation protect me, God
I will praise God’s name in song
And glorify Him with thanksgiving words

This will please the Lord more than an ox
More than a bull with its horns and hooves
The poor will see and be glad—
You who seek God, may your hearts live and improve!

The Lord hears the needy
And does not despise His captive people
Let heaven and earth and waters praise Him
Let this praise keeps us from evil

Let heaven and earth praise Him
Let the seas and all that move in them praise Him
For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah
For God will announce how all be concluded

Then people will settle there and possess it
The children of His servants will inherit it
And those who love His name will dwell there
And those who love His name by the Lord be cared