The Waters Are up to My Neck 1 ULT Save me, God, for waters have come up to{ my} life. 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 ULT I have sunk in mire of depth, and there is no standing. I have come into depths of waters, and a flood overflows 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 ULT I am weary in my calling out; my throat is parched. My eyes fail{ as} I am waiting for my God. BSB BSB: I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
4 ULT The ones hating me gratuitously are more than the hairs of my head. The ones destroying me are mighty, my enemies of falsehood. What I did not steal, yet I must restore. 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 ULT God, you, 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 ULT May the ones waiting for you not have shame because of me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. May the ones seeking you not be humiliated 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 ULT For because of you I have borne reproach; humiliation has covered my face. BSB BSB: For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
8 ULT I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to the sons of my mother. BSB BSB: I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
9 ULT For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of the ones reproaching 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 ULT Though I wept{ in} my soul with fasting, yet it became reproaches to me; BSB BSB: I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
11 ULT though I made my clothing sackcloth, yet I became a proverb to them. BSB BSB: I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
12 ULT The sitters at the gate speak about me, and the songs of the drinkers of beer. BSB BSB: Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
13 ULT But I, my prayer{ is} to you, Yahweh.{ At} a time of favor, God, in the greatness of your covenant faithfulness, answer 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 ULT Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink. Let me be delivered from the ones hating me and from the depths of the 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 ULT Let the flood of waters not overflow me, and let the deep not swallow me, and let the pit not close its mouth over 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 ULT Answer me, Yahweh, for your covenant faithfulness{ is} good; according to the greatness of your compassion, 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 ULT And may you not hide your face from your servant, for trouble{ is} to me; hurry, answer me. BSB BSB: Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
18 ULT Draw near to my soul, redeem it; because of my enemies, ransom me. BSB BSB: Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
19 ULT You, you know my reproach and my shame and my humiliation. All of my adversaries{ are} before you. BSB BSB: You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
20 ULT Reproach has broken my heart, and I am sick. Though I waited for sympathy, yet there was none, and for comforters, yet I did not find. 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 ULT But they put gall in my food, and they made me drink vinegar for my thirst. BSB BSB: They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
22 ULT Let their table become a snare to their faces and a trap for their welfare. BSB BSB: May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
23 ULT Let their eyes darken from seeing, and make their loins tremble continually. BSB BSB: May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
24 ULT Pour your indignation on them, and let the burning of your nose overtake them. BSB BSB: Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
25 ULT Let their encampment be deserted; let there not be a dweller in their tents. BSB BSB: May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26 ULT For you, whom you have struck, they have persecuted, and they talk about the pain of your wounded. BSB BSB: For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
27 ULT 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 ULT Let them be wiped from 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 ULT But I{ am} poor and feeling pain; may your salvation, God, set me on high. BSB BSB: But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.
30 ULT I will praise the name of God with a song, and I will magnify him with thanksgiving. BSB BSB: I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
31 ULT And this will be better to Yahweh than an ox, a bull having horns and having hooves. BSB BSB: And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
32 ULT The poor will see, they will rejoice; seekers of God, let your heart live. BSB BSB: The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
33 ULT For Yahweh is hearing the needy, and he does not despise his prisoners. BSB BSB: For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
34 ULT Let the heavens and the earth praise him, the seas and everything moving in them. BSB BSB: Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
35 ULT For God will save Zion, and he will build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it. BSB BSB: For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
36 ULT And the seed of his servants will inherit it, and the ones loving his name will dwell in it. BSB BSB: The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
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