| 1. For the conductor, on shoshannim, of David. |
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א. |
| 2. Save me, O God, for water has come up to my soul. |
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ב. |
| 3. I have sunk in muddy depths and there is no place to stand; I have come into the deep water, and the current has swept me away. |
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ג. |
| 4. I have become weary from calling out; my throat has become parched; my eyes fail while I wait for my God. |
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ד. |
| 5. Those who hate me for nothing are more numerous than the hairs of my head; mighty are those who would cut me off, who are my enemies because of lies; what I did not steal, I will then return. |
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ה. |
| 6. O God, You know my folly, and my acts of guilt are not concealed from You. |
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ו. |
| 7. Do not let those who hope for You be shamed through me, O Lord God of Hosts; let those who seek You not be disgraced through me, O God of Israel. |
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ז. |
| 8. For I have borne humiliation because of You; disgrace has covered my face. |
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ח. |
| 9. I was strange to my brothers, and alien to the sons of my mother. |
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ט. |
| 10. For the envy of Your house has consumed me, and the humiliations of those who blaspheme You have fallen upon me. |
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י. |
| 11. And I bewailed my soul in fast, and it was a disgrace for me. |
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יא. |
| 12. And I made sackcloth my raiment, and I became a byword to them. |
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יב. |
| 13. They talk about me, those who sit in the gate, and [they make] melodies [about me] for those who imbibe strong drink. |
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יג. |
| 14. But, as for me, may my prayer to You, O Lord, be in an acceptable time. O God, with Your abundant kindness, answer me with the truth of Your salvation. |
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יד. |
| 15. Save me from mud that I not sink, that I be saved from my enemies and from the depths of water. |
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טו. |
| 16. Let neither the current of water sweep me away, nor the deep swallow me, and let a well not close its mouth over me. |
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טז. |
| 17. Answer me, O Lord, for Your kindness is good; according to Your abundant mercies, turn to me. |
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יז. |
| 18. And do not hide Your face from Your servant, because I am distressed, hasten to answer me. |
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יח. |
| 19. Come close to my soul, redeem it; because of my enemies, redeem me. |
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יט. |
| 20. You know my humiliation, my shame, and my disgrace; all my oppressors are before You. |
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כ. |
| 21. Humiliation has broken my heart and I have become ill; I hoped for sympathy but there was none, and for comforters but I found none. |
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כא. |
| 22. They put gall into my food and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. |
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כב. |
| 23. May their table before them become a trap, and [their hope] for peace become a snare. |
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כג. |
| 24. May their eyes become dark, so they cannot see; constantly cause their loins to slip. |
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כד. |
| 25. Pour out Your fury upon them, and may Your burning wrath overtake them. |
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כה. |
| 26. May their palace be desolate; in their tents let there be no dweller. |
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כו. |
| 27. For You-those whom You smote they pursued, and about the pain of those whom You wounded they tell. |
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כז. |
| 28. Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into Your charity. |
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כח. |
| 29. May they be erased from the book of life, and may they not be inscribed with the righteous. |
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כט. |
| 30. But I am poor and in pain; may Your salvation, O God, exalt me. |
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ל. |
| 31. I shall praise the name of God with song, and I shall magnify Him with a thanksgiving offering. |
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לא. |
| 32. And it will appeal to the Lord more than a young bull that is mature, with horns and hooves. |
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לב. |
| 33. When the humble see, they rejoice, yea, those who seek God, and your heart will be invigorated. |
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לג. |
| 34. For God hearkens to the needy, and He does not despise His prisoners. |
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לד. |
| 35. Heaven and earth will praise Him, the seas and everything that moves therein, |
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לה. |
| 36. When God saves Zion and builds the cities of Judah, and they dwell there and take possession of it. |
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לו. |
| 37. And the seed of His servants inherit it, and those who love His name dwell therein. |
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לז. |
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