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To the chief Musician[H5329] upon Shoshannim[H7799], A Psalm of David[H1732]. Save[H3467] me, O God[H430]; for the waters[H4325] are come[H935] in unto my soul[H5315].
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I sink[H2883] in deep[H4688] mire[H3121], where there is no standing[H4613]: I am come[H935] into deep[H4615] waters[H4325], where the floods[H7641] overflow[H7857] me.
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I am weary[H3021] of my crying[H7121]: my throat[H1627] is dried[H2787]: mine eyes[H5869] fail[H3615] while I wait[H3176] for my God[H430].
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They that hate[H8130] me without a cause[H2600] are more[H7231] than the hairs[H8185] of mine head[H7218]: they that would destroy[H6789] me, being mine enemies[H341] wrongfully[H8267], are mighty[H6105]: then I restored[H7725] that which I took not away[H1497].
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O God[H430], thou knowest[H3045] my foolishness[H200]; and my sins[H819] are not hid[H3582] from thee.
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Let not them that wait[H6960] on thee, O Lord[H136] GOD[H3069] of hosts[H6635], be ashamed[H954] for my sake: let not those that seek[H1245] thee be confounded[H3637] for my sake, O God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
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Because for thy sake I have borne[H5375] reproach[H2781]; shame[H3639] hath covered[H3680] my face[H6440].
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I am become a stranger[H2114] unto my brethren[H251], and an alien[H5237] unto my mother's children[H1121].
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For the zeal[H7068] of thine house[H1004] hath eaten me up[H398]; and the reproaches[H2781] of them that reproached[H2778] thee are fallen[H5307] upon me.
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When I wept[H1058], and chastened my soul[H5315] with fasting[H6685], that was to my reproach[H2781].
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I made[H5414] sackcloth[H8242] also my garment[H3830]; and I became a proverb[H4912] to them.
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They that sit in[H3427] the gate[H8179] speak[H7878] against me; and I was the song[H5058] of the drunkards[H8354].
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But as for me, my prayer[H8605] is unto thee, O LORD[H3068], in an acceptable[H7522] time[H6256]: O God[H430], in the multitude[H7230] of thy mercy[H2617] hear[H6030] me, in the truth[H571] of thy salvation[H3468].
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Deliver[H5337] me out of the mire[H2916], and let me not sink[H2883]: let me be delivered[H5337] from them that hate[H8130] me, and out of the deep[H4615] waters[H4325].
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Let not the waterflood[H4325] overflow[H7857] me, neither let the deep[H4688] swallow me up[H1104], and let not the pit[H875] shut[H332] her mouth[H6310] upon me.
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Hear[H6030] me, O LORD[H3068]; for thy lovingkindness[H2617] is good[H2896]: turn[H6437] unto me according to the multitude[H7230] of thy tender mercies[H7356].
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And hide[H5641] not thy face[H6440] from thy servant[H5650]; for I am in trouble[H6887]: hear[H6030] me speedily[H4118].
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Draw nigh[H7126] unto my soul[H5315], and redeem[H1350] it: deliver[H6299] me because of mine enemies[H341].
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Thou hast known[H3045] my reproach[H2781], and my shame[H1322], and my dishonour[H3639]: mine adversaries[H6887] are all before thee.
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Reproach[H2781] hath broken[H7665] my heart[H3820]; and I am full of heaviness[H5136]: and I looked[H6960] for some to take pity[H5110], but there was none; and for comforters[H5162], but I found[H4672] none.
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They gave[H5414] me also gall[H7219] for my meat[H1267]; and in my thirst[H6772] they gave[H5414] me vinegar[H2558] to drink[H8248].
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Let their table[H7979] become a snare[H6341] before[H6440] them: and that which should have been for their welfare[H7965], let it become a trap[H4170].
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Let their eyes[H5869] be darkened[H2821], that they see[H7200] not; and make their loins[H4975] continually[H8548] to shake[H4571].
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Pour out[H8210] thine indignation[H2195] upon them, and let thy wrathful[H2740] anger[H639] take hold[H5381] of them.
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Let their habitation[H2918] be desolate[H8074]; and let none dwell[H3427] in their tents[H168].
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For they persecute[H7291] him whom thou hast smitten[H5221]; and they talk[H5608] to the grief[H4341] of those whom thou hast wounded[H2491].
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Add[H5414] iniquity[H5771] unto their iniquity[H5771]: and let them not come[H935] into thy righteousness[H6666].
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Let them be blotted[H4229] out of the book[H5612] of the living[H2416], and not be written[H3789] with the righteous[H6662].
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But I am poor[H6041] and sorrowful[H3510]: let thy salvation[H3444], O God[H430], set me up on high[H7682].
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I will praise[H1984] the name[H8034] of God[H430] with a song[H7892], and will magnify[H1431] him with thanksgiving[H8426].
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This also shall please[H3190] the LORD[H3068] better[H3190] than an ox[H7794] or bullock[H6499] that hath horns[H7160] and hoofs[H6536].
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The humble[H6035] shall see[H7200] this, and be glad[H8055]: and your heart[H3824] shall live[H2421] that seek[H1875] God[H430].
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For the LORD[H3068] heareth[H8085] the poor[H34], and despiseth[H959] not his prisoners[H615].
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Let the heaven[H8064] and earth[H776] praise[H1984] him, the seas[H3220], and every thing that moveth[H7430] therein.
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For God[H430] will save[H3467] Zion[H6726], and will build[H1129] the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063]: that they may dwell[H3427] there, and have it in possession[H3423].
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The seed[H2233] also of his servants[H5650] shall inherit[H5157] it: and they that love[H157] his name[H8034] shall dwell[H7931] therein.