The Waters Are up to My Neck 1 AKJV To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in to my soul. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
2 AKJV I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. BSB BSB: I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
3 AKJV I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for my God. BSB BSB: I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
4 AKJV They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. BSB BSB: Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
5 AKJV O God, you know my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from you. BSB BSB: You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
6 AKJV Let not them that wait on you, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek you be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. BSB BSB: May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.
7 AKJV Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face. BSB BSB: For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
8 AKJV I am become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother’s children. BSB BSB: I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
9 AKJV For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen on me. BSB BSB: because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
10 AKJV When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. BSB BSB: I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
11 AKJV I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. BSB BSB: I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
12 AKJV They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. BSB BSB: Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
13 AKJV But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation. BSB BSB: But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
14 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
15 AKJV Let not the flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth on me. BSB BSB: Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
16 AKJV Hear me, O LORD; for your loving kindness is good: turn to me according to the multitude of your tender mercies. BSB BSB: Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
17 AKJV And hide not your face from your servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. BSB BSB: Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
18 AKJV Draw near to my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of my enemies. BSB BSB: Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
19 AKJV You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries are all before you. BSB BSB: You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
20 AKJV Reproach has broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. BSB BSB: Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
21 AKJV They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. BSB BSB: They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
22 AKJV Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. BSB BSB: May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
23 AKJV Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. BSB BSB: May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
24 AKJV Pour out your indignation on them, and let your wrathful anger take hold of them. BSB BSB: Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
25 AKJV Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. BSB BSB: May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26 AKJV For they persecute him whom you have smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom you have wounded. BSB BSB: For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
27 AKJV Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not come into your righteousness. BSB BSB: Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.
28 AKJV Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. BSB BSB: May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
29 AKJV But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high. BSB BSB: But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.
30 AKJV I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. BSB BSB: I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
31 AKJV This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs. BSB BSB: And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
32 AKJV The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. BSB BSB: The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
33 AKJV For the LORD hears the poor, and despises not his prisoners. BSB BSB: For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
34 AKJV Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moves therein. BSB BSB: Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
35 AKJV For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. BSB BSB: For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
36 AKJV The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. BSB BSB: The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
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