| NET Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck. | 1Save me, God, for the water has risen to my neck. |
| 2I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me. | 2I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep water, and a flood sweeps over me. |
| 3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God. | 3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. |
| 4Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal! | 4Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me, are powerful. Though I did not steal, I must repay. |
| 5O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you. | 5God, you know my foolishness, and my guilty acts are not hidden from you. |
| 6Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O sovereign LORD and king! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel! | 6Do not let those who put their hope in you be disgraced because of me, Lord GOD of Armies; do not let those who seek you be humiliated because of me, God of Israel. |
| 7For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced. | 7For I have endured insults because of you, and shame has covered my face. |
| 8My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner. | 8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons |
| 9Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you. | 9because zeal for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me. |
| 10I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me. | 10I mourned and fasted, but it brought me insults. |
| 11I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me. | 11I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them. |
| 12Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs. | 12Those who sit at the city gate talk about me, and drunkards make up songs about me. |
| 13O LORD, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance! | 13But as for me, LORD, my prayer to you is for a time of favor. In your abundant, faithful love, God, answer me with your sure salvation. |
| 14Rescue me from the mud! Don't let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water! | 14Rescue me from the miry mud; don't let me sink. Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep water. |
| 15Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me! | 15Don't let the floodwaters sweep over me or the deep swallow me up; don't let the Pit close its mouth over me. |
| 16Answer me, O LORD, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me! | 16Answer me, LORD, for your faithful love is good. In keeping with your abundant compassion, turn to me. |
| 17Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away! | 17Don't hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! |
| 18Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me! | 18Come near to me and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies. |
| 19You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies. | 19You know the insults I endure--my shame and disgrace. You are aware of all my adversaries. |
| 20Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none. | 20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I waited for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but found no one. |
| 21They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink. | 21Instead, they gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. |
| 22May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends! | 22Let their table set before them be a snare, and let it be a trap for their allies. |
| 23May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently! | 23Let their eyes grow too dim to see, and let their hips continually quake. |
| 24Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them! | 24Pour out your rage on them, and let your burning anger overtake them. |
| 25May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited! | 25Make their fortification desolate; may no one live in their tents. |
| 26For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish. | 26For they persecute the one you struck and talk about the pain of those you wounded. |
| 27Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them! | 27Charge them with crime on top of crime; do not let them share in your righteousness. |
| 28May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly! | 28Let them be erased from the book of life and not be recorded with the righteous. |
| 29I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me! | 29But as for me--poor and in pain--let your salvation protect me, God. |
| 30I will sing praises to God's name! I will magnify him as I give him thanks! | 30I will praise God's name with song and exalt him with thanksgiving. |
| 31That will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hooves. | 31That will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. |
| 32The oppressed look on--let them rejoice! You who seek God, may you be encouraged! | 32The humble will see it and rejoice. You who seek God, take heart! |
| 33For the LORD listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people. | 33For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise his own who are prisoners. |
| 34Let the heavens and the earth praise him, along with the seas and everything that swims in them! | 34Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them, |
| 35For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion. | 35for God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah. They will live there and possess it. |
| 36The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it. | 36The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will live in it. |
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