^{1 Ref} > Save me, God, For the waters have come up to my neck!

^{2 Ref} I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

^{3 Ref} I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

^{4 Ref} Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.

^{5 Ref} God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you.

^{6 Ref} Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Hosts. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

^{7 Ref} Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

^{8 Ref} I have become a stranger to my brothers, An alien to my mother's children.

^{9 Ref} For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

^{10 Ref} When I wept and I fasted, That was to my reproach.

^{11 Ref} When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

^{12 Ref} Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

^{13 Ref} But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

^{14 Ref} Deliver me out of the mire, and don't let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

^{15 Ref} Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.

^{16 Ref} Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

^{17 Ref} Don't hide your face from your servant, For I am in distress. Answer me speedily!

^{18 Ref} Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

^{19 Ref} You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.

^{20 Ref} Reproach 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.

^{21 Ref} They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.