## Save Me, O God 

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Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life. 

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I have sunk in deep clay, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. 

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I am weary with my calling out; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God. 

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Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore. 

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O God, it is You who knows my folly, And all my guilt is not hidden from You. 

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May those who hope for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord Yahweh of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel, 

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Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face. 

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I have become estranged from my brothers And a foreigner to my mother's sons. 

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For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me. 

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When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach. 

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When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. 

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Those who dwell at the gate moan about me, And I _am_ the drunkards' songs. 

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But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Yahweh, at an acceptable time; O God, in the abundance of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with the truth of Your salvation. 

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Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters. 

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May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me. 

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Answer me, O Yahweh, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the abundance of Your compassion, turn to me, 

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And do not hide Your face from Your slave, For I am in distress; answer me quickly. 

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Oh draw near to my soul _and_ redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies! 

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You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You. 

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Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I hoped for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none. 

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They also gave _me_ gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 

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May their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, _may it become_ a trap. 

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May their eyes darken so that they cannot see, And make their loins quake continually. 

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Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them. 

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May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents. 

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For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have struck down, And they recount the pain of those whom You have wounded. 

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Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness. 

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May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous. 

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But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, O God, set me _securely_ on high. 

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I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving. 

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And this will please Yahweh better than an ox _Or_ a young bull with horns and hoofs. 

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The humble see _it and_ are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive. 

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For Yahweh hears the needy And does not despise His _who are_ prisoners. 

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Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them. 

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For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. 

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The seed of His slaves will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it.