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To the victor, upon shoshannim*; of◦ David.
2 Save me, O God;
for the waters have come··in even··to my soul.
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3 I sink in the mire of the depth,
and there is no standing;
I have come into the deeps of the waters, and the billow flows··over me.
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4 I tire with my calling; my throat is··ablaze;
my eyes are all··consumed, waiting··with··hope for my God.
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5 They who hate me without· a ·cause are··many more than the hairs of my head;
they who cut· me ·away are··numerous, they are falsely my enemies;
that which I have not robbed I yet▵ return.
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6 O God, Thou◦ knowest my stupidity;
and my guilt is not concealed◦ from Thee.
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7 Let not those who wait··on Thee be··ashamed through me, O Lord Jehovih* of Armies;
let not those who seek Thee, be humiliated through me, O God of Israel.
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8 Because◦ on··account··of Thee I have borne reproach;
humiliation has covered my face.
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9 I have become a stranger to my brothers,
and a foreigner to the sons of my mother.
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10 For the zeal of Thy house has eaten· me ·up;
and the reproaches of those who reproach Thee have fallen on me.
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11 And I wept in the fasting of my soul,
and it was a reproach to me.
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12 And I put◦ on sackcloth for my clothing,
and I was to them◦ for a proverb.
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13 They who sit at the gate complain against◦ me;
and they who strum are drinkers of strong··drink.
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14 But as for me◦, my prayer is to Thee, O Jehovah, in the time of good··pleasure.
O God, in the multitude of Thy mercy, answer me, in the truth of Thy salvation.
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15 Rescue me out··of the mud, and let me not sink;
let me be rescued from those who hate me, and out··of the deeps of the waters.
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16 Let not the billow of waters flow··over me, and let not the depth swallow· me ·up;
and let not the well shut··up◦ her mouth upon me.
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17 Answer me, O Jehovah; for Thy mercy is good;
according··to the multitude of Thy compassions turn◦ Thou to▵ me.
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18 And hide not Thy faces from Thy servant;
for I am··in··adversity; hastily answer me.
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19 come··near to▵ my soul, redeem it;
ransom me because··of◦ my enemies.
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20 Thou◦ knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my humiliation;
all my adversaries are in· Thy ·presence.
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21 Reproach has broken my heart;
and I am··very··sick.
And I waited··for one to be··sorry for me, and there was none;
and for comforters, but I found not one.
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22 And they gave gall in my nourishment;
and for my thirst they gave· me vinegar ·to··drink◦.
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23 Let their table become a trap before them;
and for repayments, a snare.
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24 Let their eyes be darkened, lest◦ they see;
and make their loins continually to falter.
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25 Spill··out Thine indignation on them,
and let the fierceness of Thine anger overtake them.
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26 Let their castle be desolated;
let there be no◦ dweller in their tents.
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27 For they pursue him whom Thou◦ hast smitten;
and they recount◦ the pain of Thy slain.
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28 Give iniquity on their iniquity;
and let them not come into Thy justice.
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29 Let them be wiped out··of the book of lives,
and not be written with the just.
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30 But I◦ am· afflicted and ·in··pain;
let Thy salvation, O God, set· me ·on··high.
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31 I will··praise the name of God with a song,
and will magnify Him with confession;
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32 and it will be··better to Jehovah than an ox,
or a bullock having··horns and having··hoofs.
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33 The meek shall see, they who inquire··after God shall be··glad;
and your heart shall live.
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34 For Jehovah hearkens to▵ the needy,
and His bound ones He despises not.
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35 Let the heavens and the earth praise Him,
the seas and everything that creeps therein.
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36 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah;
and they shall dwell there, and shall possess* her.
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37 And the seed of His servants shall inherit her;
and they who love His name shall abide◦ in her.
