The Waters Are up to My Neck 1 UEB Save me, God; for the waters have put my life in danger. 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 UEB I sink in deep mire, where there is no place to stand; I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over 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 UEB I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry; 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 UEB Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs on my head; those who would cut me off, being my enemies for wrong reasons, are mighty; what I did not steal, I have to give back. 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 UEB God, you know my foolishness, and my sins are not hidden from you. BSB BSB: You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
6 UEB Let not those who hope in you be put to shame because of me, Lord Yahweh of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor because of me, 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 UEB For your sake I have borne rebuke; shame has covered my face. BSB BSB: For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
8 UEB I have become a stranger to my brothers, 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 UEB For the zeal of your house has eaten me up, and the rebukes of those who rebuke you have 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 UEB When I wept and did not eat food, they insulted me. BSB BSB: I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
11 UEB When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became the object of a proverb to them. BSB BSB: I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
12 UEB Those who sit in the city gate talk about me; I am a song of drunkards. BSB BSB: Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
13 UEB But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, at a time that you will accept; answer me in the trustworthiness 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 UEB Pull me out of the mire, and do not let me sink; let me be taken away from those who hate me and rescued 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 UEB Do not let the floods of water overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its 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 UEB Answer me, Yahweh, for your covenant faithfulness is good; because your mercies for me are many, turn to me. BSB BSB: Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
17 UEB Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress; answer me quickly. BSB BSB: Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
18 UEB Come to me and redeem me. Because of my enemies, ransom me. BSB BSB: Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
19 UEB You know my rebuke, 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 UEB Rebuke has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; I looked 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 UEB They gave me poison for my food; 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 UEB Let their table before them become a snare; when they think they are in safety, let it become a trap. BSB BSB: May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
23 UEB Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see; and always make their loins shake. BSB BSB: May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
24 UEB Pour out your indignation on them, and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them. BSB BSB: Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
25 UEB Let their place be a desolation; let no one live in their tents. BSB BSB: May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26 UEB For they persecuted the one you struck down. They repeated the account of the pain of those you have wounded. BSB BSB: For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
27 UEB Accuse them of having committed iniquity after iniquity; do not let them come into your righteous victory. BSB BSB: Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.
28 UEB Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life and not be written down along with the righteous. BSB BSB: May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
29 UEB But I am poor and sorrowful; let your salvation, God, set me up on high. BSB BSB: But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.
30 UEB I will praise the name of God with a song and will exalt him with thanksgiving. BSB BSB: I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
31 UEB That will please Yahweh better than an ox or a bull that has horns and hooves. BSB BSB: And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
32 UEB The meek have seen it and are glad; you who seek after God, let your hearts live. BSB BSB: The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
33 UEB For Yahweh hears the needy and does not despise his prisoners. BSB BSB: For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
34 UEB Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them. BSB BSB: Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
35 UEB For God will save Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah; the people will live there and have it as a possession. BSB BSB: For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
36 UEB His servants' descendants will inherit it; and those who love his name will live there. BSB BSB: The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
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