The Waters Are up to My Neck 1 Brenton For the end, a Psalm of David, for alternate strains . Save me, O God; for the waters have 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 Brenton I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed 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 Brenton I am weary of crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God. BSB BSB: I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
4 Brenton They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: 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 Brenton O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from thee. BSB BSB: You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
6 Brenton Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek thee, be ashamed on my account, 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 Brenton For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; shame has covered my face. BSB BSB: For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
8 Brenton I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children. BSB BSB: I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
9 Brenton For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. BSB BSB: because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
10 Brenton And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach. BSB BSB: I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
11 Brenton And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them. BSB BSB: I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
12 Brenton They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me. BSB BSB: Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
13 Brenton But I will cry to thee, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy 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 Brenton Save me from the mire, that I stick not in it : let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from 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 Brenton Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon 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 Brenton Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: according to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me. BSB BSB: Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
17 Brenton And turn not away thy face from thy servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily. BSB BSB: Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
18 Brenton Draw nigh to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. BSB BSB: Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
19 Brenton For thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before thee. BSB BSB: You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
20 Brenton My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, 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 Brenton They gave me also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst. BSB BSB: They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
22 Brenton Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompence, and for a stumbling-block. BSB BSB: May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
23 Brenton Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually. BSB BSB: May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
24 Brenton Pour out thy wrath upon them, and let the fury of thine anger take hold on them. BSB BSB: Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
25 Brenton Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents: BSB BSB: May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26 Brenton because they persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds. BSB BSB: For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
27 Brenton Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into thy righteousness. BSB BSB: Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.
28 Brenton Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them 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 Brenton I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of thy countenance has helped me. BSB BSB: But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.
30 Brenton I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise; BSB BSB: I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
31 Brenton and this shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs. BSB BSB: And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
32 Brenton Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall live. BSB BSB: The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
33 Brenton For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nought his fettered ones. BSB BSB: For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
34 Brenton Let the heavens and the earth praise him, the sea, and all things moving in them. BSB BSB: Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
35 Brenton For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and men shall dwell there, and inherit it. BSB BSB: For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
36 Brenton And the seed of his servants shall possess 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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