^{1 Ref} Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.

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

^{3 Ref} I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

^{4 Ref} They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.

^{5 Ref} O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.

^{6 Ref} Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

^{7 Ref} Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

^{8 Ref} I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.

^{9 Ref} For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

^{10 Ref} When I wept, `and chastened' my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

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

^{12 Ref} They that sit in the gate talk of me; And `I am' the song of the drunkards.

^{13 Ref} But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

^{14 Ref} Deliver 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.

^{15 Ref} Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

^{16 Ref} Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

^{17 Ref} And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

^{18 Ref} Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.