1«To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David.» Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul. 2I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away. 5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. 6Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. 7For thy sake haue I suffred reproofe: shame hath couered my face. 8I am become a stranger vnto my brethren, euen an aliant vnto my mothers sonnes. 9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 11I put on a sacke also: and I became a prouerbe vnto them. 12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards. 13But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14Deliver 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. 15Let not the water flood drowne mee, neither let the deepe swallowe me vp: and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me. 16Heare me, O Lord, for thy louing kindnes is good: turne vnto me according to ye multitude of thy tender mercies. 17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. 18Draw neere vnto my soule and redeeme it: deliuer me because of mine enemies. 19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee. 20Reproach 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. 21For they gaue me gall in my meate, and in my thirst they gaue me vineger to drinke. 22Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap. 23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24Powre out thine anger vpon them, and let thy wrathfull displeasure take them. 25Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents. 26For they persecute him, whome thou hast smitten: and they adde vnto the sorrowe of them, whome thou hast wounded. 27Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. 28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. 29When I am poore and in heauinesse, thine helpe, O God, shall exalt me. 30I will praise the Name of God with a song, and magnifie him with thankesgiuing. 31[This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 32The humble shall see this, and they that seeke God, shalbe glad, and your heart shall liue. 33For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 34Let heauen and earth praise him: the seas and all that moueth in them. 35For God will saue Zion, and builde the cities of Iudah, that men may dwell there and haue it in possession. 36The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.