The Waters Are up to My Neck 1 RV For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto 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 RV 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 RV I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: mine 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 RV They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would cut me off, being mine 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 RV O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. BSB BSB: You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
6 RV Let not them that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts: let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, 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 RV Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. BSB BSB: For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
8 RV I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children. BSB BSB: I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
9 RV For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproach 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 RV 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 RV When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb unto them. BSB BSB: I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
12 RV They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards. BSB BSB: Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
13 RV But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, answer 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 RV 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 RV Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her 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 RV Answer me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me. BSB BSB: Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
17 RV And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily. BSB BSB: Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
18 RV Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: ransom me because of mine enemies. BSB BSB: Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
19 RV Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. BSB BSB: You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
20 RV Reproach hath 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 RV 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 RV Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, let it become a trap. BSB BSB: May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
23 RV 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 RV Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them. BSB BSB: Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
25 RV Let their habitation be desolate; let none dwell in their tents. BSB BSB: May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26 RV For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded, BSB BSB: For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
27 RV Add iniquity unto 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 RV Let them be blotted out of the book of life, 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 RV But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy 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 RV 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 RV And it shall please the LORD better than an ox, or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. BSB BSB: And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
32 RV The meek have seen it, and are glad: ye that seek after God, let your heart live. BSB BSB: The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
33 RV For the LORD heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners. BSB BSB: For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
34 RV Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. BSB BSB: Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
35 RV For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide 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 RV 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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