<vn='1'>To the chief <sn="5329">Musician</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="7799">Shoshannim</s>, A Psalm of <sn="1732">David</s>. <sn="3467">Save</s> me, O <sn="430">God</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="4325">waters</s> are come <sn="935">in</s><sn="5704">unto</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>I <sn="2883">sink</s> in <sn="4688">deep</s><sn="3121">mire</s>, where there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="4613">standing</s>: I am <sn="935">come</s> into <sn="4615">deep</s><sn="4325">waters</s>, where the <sn="7641">floods</s><sn="7857">overflow</s> me. </v>
<vn='3'>I am <sn="3021">weary</s> of my <sn="7121">crying</s>: my <sn="1627">throat</s> is <sn="2787">dried</s>: mine <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="3615">fail</s> while I <sn="3176">wait</s> for my <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>They that <sn="8130">hate</s> me without a <sn="2600">cause</s> are <sn="7231">more</s> than the <sn="4480 8185">hairs</s> of mine <sn="7218">head</s>: they that would <sn="6789">destroy</s> me, being mine <sn="341">enemies</s><sn="8267">wrongfully</s>, are <sn="6105">mighty</s>: <sn="227">then</s> I <sn="7725">restored</s> that <sn="834">which</s> I took not <sn="3808 1497">away</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>O <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="859">thou</s><sn="3045">knowest</s> my <sn="200">foolishness</s>; and my <sn="819">sins</s> are <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3582">hid</s><sn="4480">from</s> thee. </v>
<vn='6'>Let <sn="408">not</s> them that wait <sn="6960">on</s> thee, O <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, be <sn="954">ashamed</s> for my sake: let <sn="408">not</s> those that <sn="1245">seek</s> thee be <sn="3637">confounded</s> for my sake, O <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588">Because</s> for thy <sn="5921">sake</s> I have <sn="5375">borne</s><sn="2781">reproach</s>; <sn="3639">shame</s> hath <sn="3680">covered</s> my <sn="6440">face</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>I am <sn="1961">become</s> a <sn="2114">stranger</s> unto my <sn="251">brethren</s>, and an <sn="5237">alien</s> unto my <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="1121">children</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="7068">zeal</s> of thine <sn="1004">house</s> hath eaten me <sn="398">up</s>; and the <sn="2781">reproaches</s> of them that <sn="2778">reproached</s> thee are <sn="5307">fallen</s><sn="5921">upon</s> me. </v>
<vn='10'>When I <sn="1058">wept</s>, and chastened my <sn="5315">soul</s> with <sn="6685">fasting</s>, that <sn="1961">was</s> to my <sn="2781">reproach</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>I <sn="5414">made</s><sn="8242">sackcloth</s> also my <sn="3830">garment</s>; and I <sn="1961">became</s> a <sn="4912">proverb</s> to them. </v>
<vn='12'>They that <sn="3427">sit</s> in the <sn="8179">gate</s><sn="7878">speak</s> against me; and I was the <sn="5058">song</s> of the <sn="8354 7941">drunkards</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>But as for <sn="589">me</s>, my <sn="8605">prayer</s> is unto thee, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, in an <sn="7522">acceptable</s><sn="6256">time</s>: O <sn="430">God</s>, in the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of thy <sn="2617">mercy</s><sn="6030">hear</s> me, in the <sn="571">truth</s> of thy <sn="3468">salvation</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="5337">Deliver</s> me out of the <sn="4480 2916">mire</s>, and let me <sn="408">not</s><sn="2883">sink</s>: let me be <sn="5337">delivered</s> from them that <sn="4480 8130">hate</s> me, and out of the <sn="4480 4615">deep</s><sn="4325">waters</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Let <sn="408">not</s> the <sn="7641 4325">waterflood</s><sn="7857">overflow</s> me, <sn="408">neither</s> let the <sn="4688">deep</s> swallow me <sn="1104">up</s>, and let <sn="408">not</s> the <sn="875">pit</s><sn="332">shut</s> her <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="5921">upon</s> me. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="6030">Hear</s> me, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> thy <sn="2617">lovingkindness</s> is <sn="2896">good</s>: <sn="6437">turn</s><sn="413">unto</s> me according to the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of thy tender <sn="7356">mercies</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="5641">hide</s><sn="408">not</s> thy <sn="6440">face</s> from thy <sn="4480 5650">servant</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> I am in <sn="6862">trouble</s>: <sn="6030">hear</s> me <sn="4116">speedily</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Draw <sn="7126">nigh</s><sn="413">unto</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s>, and <sn="1350">redeem</s> it: <sn="6299">deliver</s> me because <sn="4616">of</s> mine <sn="341">enemies</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="859">Thou</s> hast <sn="3045">known</s> my <sn="2781">reproach</s>, and my <sn="1322">shame</s>, and my <sn="3639">dishonor</s>: mine <sn="6887">adversaries</s> are <sn="3605">all</s><sn="5048">before</s> thee. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2781">Reproach</s> hath <sn="7665">broken</s> my <sn="3820">heart</s>; and I am full of <sn="5136">heaviness</s>: and I <sn="6960">looked</s> for some to take <sn="5110">pity</s>, but there was <sn="369">none</s>; and for <sn="5162">comforters</s>, but I <sn="4672">found</s><sn="3808">none</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>They <sn="5414">gave</s> me also <sn="7219">gall</s> for my <sn="1267">meat</s>; and in my <sn="6772">thirst</s> they gave me <sn="2558">vinegar</s> to <sn="8248">drink</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Let their <sn="7979">table</s><sn="1961">become</s> a <sn="6341">snare</s><sn="6440">before</s> them: and that which should have been for their <sn="7965">welfare</s>, let it become a <sn="4170">trap</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Let their <sn="5869">eyes</s> be <sn="2821">darkened</s>, that they see <sn="4480 7200">not</s>; and make their <sn="4975">loins</s><sn="8548">continually</s> to <sn="4571">shake</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Pour <sn="8210">out</s> thine <sn="2195">indignation</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them, and let thy <sn="2740">wrathful</s><sn="639">anger</s> take <sn="5381">hold</s> of them. </v>
<vn='25'>Let their <sn="2918">habitation</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="8074">desolate</s>; and <sn="1961">let</s><sn="408">none</s><sn="3427">dwell</s> in their <sn="168">tents</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="3588">For</s> they <sn="7291">persecute</s> him <sn="834">whom</s><sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="5221">smitten</s>; and they <sn="5608">talk</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4341">grief</s> of those whom thou hast <sn="2491">wounded</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="5414">Add</s><sn="5771">iniquity</s><sn="5921">unto</s> their <sn="5771">iniquity</s>: and let them <sn="408">not</s><sn="935">come</s> into thy <sn="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Let them be <sn="4229">blotted</s> out of the <sn="4480 5612">book</s> of the <sn="2416">living</s>, and <sn="408">not</s> be <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="6662">righteous</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>But <sn="589">I</s> am <sn="6041">poor</s> and <sn="3510">sorrowful</s>: let thy <sn="3444">salvation</s>, O <sn="430">God</s>, set me up on <sn="7682">high</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>I will <sn="1984">praise</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of <sn="430">God</s> with a <sn="7892">song</s>, and will <sn="1431">magnify</s> him with <sn="8426">thanksgiving</s>. </v>
<vn='31'> This also shall <sn="3190">please</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> better than an <sn="4480 7794">ox</s> or <sn="6499">bullock</s> that hath <sn="7160">horns</s> and <sn="6536">hooves</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>The <sn="6035">humble</s> shall <sn="7200">see</s> this, and be <sn="8055">glad</s>: and your <sn="3824">heart</s> shall <sn="2421">live</s> that <sn="1875">seek</s><sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="8085 413">heareth</s> the <sn="34">poor</s>, and <sn="959">despiseth</s><sn="3808">not</s> his <sn="615">prisoners</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>Let the <sn="8064">heaven</s> and <sn="776">earth</s><sn="1984">praise</s> him, the <sn="3220">seas</s>, and every <sn="3605">thing</s> that <sn="7430">moveth</s> therein. </v>
<vn='35'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="430">God</s> will <sn="3467">save</s><sn="6726">Zion</s>, and will <sn="1129">build</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>: that they may <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="8033">there</s>, and have it in <sn="3423">possession</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>The <sn="2233">seed</s> also of his <sn="5650">servants</s> shall <sn="5157">inherit</s> it: and they that <sn="157">love</s> his <sn="8034">name</s> shall <sn="7931">dwell</s> therein. </v>