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¹Save me, God, For the waters have threatened my life.

²I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

³I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁴Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, those who oppose me with lies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

⁵God, You know my foolishness, And my guilt is not hidden from You.

⁶May those who wait for You not be ashamed because of me, Lord GOD of armies; May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel,

⁷Because for Your sake I have endured disgrace; Dishonor has covered my face.

⁸I have become estranged from my brothers, And a stranger to my mother’s sons.

⁹For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.

¹⁰When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my disgrace.

¹¹When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb to them.

¹²Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You, LORD, at an acceptable time; God, in the greatness of Your mercy, Answer me with Your saving truth.

¹⁴Rescue me from the mud and do not let me sink; May I be rescued from those who hate me, and from the depths of water.

¹⁵May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit close its mouth on me.

¹⁶Answer me, LORD, for Your mercy is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,

¹⁷And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

¹⁸Come near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies!

¹⁹You know my disgrace, my shame, and my dishonor; All my enemies are known to You.

²⁰Disgrace has broken my heart, and I am so sick. And I waited for sympathy, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

²¹They also gave me a bitter herb in my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²²May their table before them become a snare; And when they are at peace, may it become a trap.

²³May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their hips shake continually.

²⁴Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵May their camp be desolated; May there be none living in their tents.

²⁶For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself struck, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.

²⁷Add guilt to their guilt, And may they not come into Your righteousness.

²⁸May they be wiped out of the book of life, And may they not be recorded with the righteous.

²⁹But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, God, set me safely on high.

³⁰I will praise the name of God with song, And exalt Him with thanksgiving.

³¹And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or bull with horns and hoofs.

³²The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive.

³³For the LORD hears the needy, And does not despise those of His who are prisoners.

³⁴Heaven and earth shall praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

³⁵For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, So that they may live there and possess it.

³⁶The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will live in it.

¹God, hurry to save me; LORD, hurry to help me!

²May those who seek my life Be put to shame and humiliated; May those who delight in my harm Be turned back and dishonored.

³May those who say, “Aha, aha!” be turned back Because of their shame.

⁴May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And may those who love Your salvation say continually, “May God be exalted!”

⁵But I am afflicted and needy; Hurry to me, God! You are my help and my savior; LORD, do not delay.

¹In You, LORD, I have taken refuge; Let me never be put to shame.

²In Your righteousness rescue me and save me; Extend Your ear to me and help me.

³Be to me a rock of dwelling to which I may continually come; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.

⁴Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, From the grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless,

⁵For You are my hope; Lord GOD, You are my confidence from my youth.

⁶I have leaned on you since my birth; You are He who took me from my mother’s womb; My praise is continually of You.

⁷I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge.

⁸My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your glory all day long.

⁹Do not cast me away at the time of my old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails.

¹⁰For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

¹¹Saying, “God has abandoned him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to save him.”

¹²God, do not be far from me; My God, hurry to my aid!

¹³May those who are enemies of my soul be put to shame and consumed; May they be covered with disgrace and dishonor, who seek to injure me.

¹⁴But as for me, I will wait continually, And will praise You yet more and more.

¹⁵My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the art of writing.

¹⁶I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

¹⁷God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.

¹⁸And even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come.

¹⁹For Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, You who have done great things; God, who is like You?

²⁰You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

²¹May You increase my greatness And turn to comfort me.

²²I will also praise You with a harp, And Your truth, my God; I will sing praises to You with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.

²³My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed.

²⁴My tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long; For they are put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek my harm.

¹Give the king Your judgments, God, And Your righteousness to the king’s son.

²May he judge Your people with righteousness And Your afflicted with justice.

³May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.

⁴May he vindicate the afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy, And crush the oppressor.

⁵May they fear You while the sun shines, And as long as the moon shines, throughout all generations.

⁶May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth.

⁷May the righteous flourish in his days, As well as an abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

⁸May he also rule from sea to sea, And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

⁹May the nomads of the desert bow before him, And his enemies lick the dust.

¹⁰May the kings of Tarshish and of the islands bring gifts; May the kings of Sheba and Seba offer tributes.

¹¹And may all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him.

¹²For he will save the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

¹³He will have compassion on the poor and needy, And he will save the lives of the needy.

¹⁴He will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight;

¹⁵So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him; And they are to pray for him continually; They are to bless him all day long.

¹⁶May there be abundance of grain on the earth on top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon; And may those from the city flourish like the vegetation of the earth.

¹⁷May his name endure forever; May his name produce descendants as long as the sun shines; And may people wish blessings on themselves by him; May all nations call him blessed.

¹⁸Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wonders.

¹⁹And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.

²⁰The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.