Out of the Depths (130)

`Save me, / O~ God,

`for the waters have come up_ / to my neck!

`I sink in deep mire_, where there / is no foothold.

`I have come into deep waters, where the floods_ over / flow~ me.

`I am weary / with my crying. • • `My_ / throat is dry.

`My eyes fail_ looking / for my God.

`Those who hate me without cause are more_ than the hairs_ / of my head.

`Mighty are those who want to de / stroy~ me. +

`They attack me / with~ lies.

`What I did not steal I / must restore.

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O `God, you know my / foolishness.

My `sins_ are not hidden / from~ you.

Do `not let those who wait for you be shamed through me_, Lord_ / GOD of hosts.

Do `not let those who seek you be disgraced through me_, God of / Israel.

Be `cause for your sake, I have en_ / dured~ scorn.

`Shame has covered / my~ face.

`I_ have become a stranger / to my brothers,

an `alien_ to my / mother’s children.

`For the zeal_ of your house con / sumes~ me.

The `taunts of those_ who taunt you have fallen / on~ me.

`When I wept_ / and I fasted,

`that was / to my scorn.

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When `I made sackcloth / my~ clothing,

`I became a byword / to~ them.

`Those who sit_ in the gate_ / talk about me.

I `am the / song of drunkards.

But `as for me, my prayer_ is to / you~, LORD, 

`for a / time of favor.

`God, in the abundance of your / loving kindness, • • `answer me_ in your saving / faithfulness.

De `liver me from sinking / in the mire.

`Let me be delivered from_ / those who hate me, 

and `out of / the deep waters.

Do `not let the flood waters over / whelm~ me, • • `neither let the deep swal / low me up.

`Do not let the pit_ shut its / mouth on me.

(Ref)

`Answer me, LORD, for your loving kindness / is~ good.

Ac `cording to_ your abundant tender mercies, / turn to me.

`Do not hide your face_ from your servant, for_ I am / in distress.

`Answer me_ / speedily!

Draw `near to me_ and re / deem~ me.

`Ransom me because of my_ / enemies.

`You know my disgrace, my shame, and / my dishonor.

My `adversaries are_ all be / fore~ you.

`Scorn has broken my_ heart, and I am full of / heaviness.

I `looked for some to take_ pity, but_ / there was none; • for `comforters, but / I found none.

They `gave me gall_ / for my food.

`In my thirst, they gave me vi-ne / gar to drink.

(Ref)

`Let their table before them be / come a snare.

May `it become a retribution / and a trap.

`Let their eyes be darkened, so they / cannot see.

`Let their backs be / always bent.

`Pour_ out your indignation / on~ them.

`Let the fierceness of your anger over / take~ them.

`Let their habitation be_ / desolate.

Let `no one dwell_ / in their tents.

`For they persecute_ him whom / you have wounded.

`They tell of the sorrow of_ those whom / you have hurt.

`Charge_ them with crime up / on~ crime.

`Do not let them come into your / righteousness.

(Ref)

`Let them be_ blotted out_ of the / book of life,

and `not be written / with the righteous.

But `as for me, I am in pain_ / and distress.

`Let_ your salvation, O_ God, pro / tect~ me.

`I will praise the name of God_ / with a song,

`and will magnify him / with thanksgiving.

`It will please the LORD_ better / than an ox,

`or a bull_ that has / horns and hoofs.

The `humble have_ seen it, / and are glad.

`You who seek_ after God_, / take~ heart.

`For the LORD_ / hears the needy,

`and does not despise his / captive people.

Let `heaven and_ earth_ / praise~ him;

the `seas, and ev’rything that / moves in them!

For `God_ will save Zion, and_ build the cities / of~ Judah.

`They shall settle there, and / own~ it. +

The `children of his servants shall in / herit it.

`Those who love his name shall / dwell in it.