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1Save me, O God, because the floods
do so environ me,
That
ev'n unto my very soul
come in the waters be.
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2I downward in deep mire do sink,
where standing there is none:
I
am into deep waters come,
where floods have o'er me gone.
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3I weary with my crying am,
my throat is also dry'd;
Mine
eyes do fail, while for my God
I waiting do abide.
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4Those men that do without a cause
bear hatred unto me,
Than
are the hairs upon my head
in number more they be:
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They
that would me destroy, and are
mine en'mies wrongfully,
Are
mighty: so what I took not,
to render forc'd was I.
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5Lord, thou my folly know'st, my sins
not cover'd are from thee.
6Let none that wait on thee be sham'd,
Lord God of hosts, for me.
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O
Lord, the God of
Israel
,
let none, who search do make,
And
seek thee, be at any time
confounded for my sake.
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7For I have borne reproach for thee,
my face is hid with shame.
8To brethren strange, to mother's sons
an alien I became.
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9Because the zeal did eat me up,
which to thine house I bear;
And
the reproaches cast at thee,
upon me fallen are.
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10My tears and fasts, t' afflict my soul,
were turned to my shame.
11When sackcloth I did wear, to them
a proverb I became.
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12The men that in the gate do sit
against me evil spake;
They
also that vile drunkards were
of me their song did make.
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13But, in an acceptable time,
my pray'r, Lord, is to thee:
In
truth of thy salvation, Lord,
and mercy great, hear me.
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14Deliver me out of the mire,
from sinking do me keep;
Free
me from those that do me hate,
and from the waters deep.
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15Let not the flood on me prevail,
whose water overflows;
Nor
deep me swallow, nor the pit
her mouth upon me close.
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16Hear me, O Lord, because thy love
and kindness is most good;
Turn
unto me, according to
thy mercies' multitude.
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17Nor from thy servant hide thy face:
I'm troubled, soon attend.
18Draw near my soul, and it redeem;
me from my foes defend.
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19To thee is my reproach well known,
my shame, and my disgrace:
Those
that mine adversaries be
are all before thy face.
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20Reproach hath broke my heart; I'm full
of grief: I look'd for one
To
pity me, but none I found;
comforters found I none.
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21They also bitter gall did give
unto me for my meat:
They
gave me vinegar to drink,
when as my thirst was great.
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22Before them let their table prove
a snare; and do thou make
Their
welfare and prosperity
a trap themselves to take.
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23Let thou their eyes so darken'd be,
that sight may them forsake;
And
let their loins be made by thee
continually to shake.
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24Thy fury pour thou out on them,
and indignation;
And
let thy wrathful anger, Lord,
fast hold take them upon.
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25All waste and desolate let be
their habitation;
And
in their tabernacles all
inhabitants be none.
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26Because him they do persecute,
whom thou didst smite before;
They
talk unto the grief of those
whom thou hast wounded sore.
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27Add thou iniquity unto
their former wickedness;
And
do not let them come at all
into thy righteousness.
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28Out of the book of life let them
be raz'd and blotted quite;
Among
the just and righteous
let not their names be writ.
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29But now become exceeding poor
and sorrowful am I:
By
thy salvation, O my God,
let me be set on high.
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30The name of God I with a song
most cheerfully will praise;
And
I, in giving thanks to him,
his name shall highly raise.
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31This to the Lord a sacrifice
more gracious shall prove
Than
bullock, ox, or any beast
that hath both horn and hoof.
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32When this the humble men shall see,
it joy to them shall give:
O
all ye that do seek the Lord,
your hearts shall ever live.
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33For God the poor hears, and will not
his prisoners contemn.
34Let heav'n, and earth, and seas, him praise,
and all that move in them.
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35For God will Judah's cities build,
and he will Sion save,
That
they may dwell therein, and it
in sure possession have.
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36And they that are his servants' seed
inherit shall the same;
So
shall they have their dwelling there
that love his blessed name.
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