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¹For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.

²I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.

³I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

⁴Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

⁵You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.

⁶Lord, the LORD Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.

⁷For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.

⁸I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children;

⁹for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

¹⁰When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;

¹¹when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.

¹²Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

¹³But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.

¹⁴Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.

¹⁵Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.

¹⁶Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.

¹⁷Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.

¹⁸Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes.

¹⁹You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.

²⁰Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.

²¹They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

²²May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.

²³May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

²⁴Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.

²⁵May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

²⁶For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.

²⁷Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.

²⁸May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.

²⁹But as for me, afflicted and in pain— may your salvation, God, protect me.

³⁰I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

³¹This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves.

³²The poor will see and be glad— you who seek God, may your hearts live!

³³The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.

³⁴Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,

³⁵for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;

³⁶the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.

¹For the director of music. Of David. A petition. Hasten, O God, to save me; come quickly, LORD, to help me.

²May those who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

³May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” turn back because of their shame.

⁴But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The LORD is great!”

⁵But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay.

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

²In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me.

³Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

⁴Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.

⁵For you have been my hope, Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.

⁶From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.

⁷I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge.

⁸My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.

⁹Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.

¹⁰For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.

¹¹They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him.”

¹²Do not be far from me, my God; come quickly, God, to help me.

¹³May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.

¹⁴As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.

¹⁵My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds, of your saving acts all day long— though I know not how to relate them all.

¹⁶I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.

¹⁷Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.

¹⁸Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.

¹⁹Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God?

²⁰Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

²¹You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.

²²I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.

²³My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered.

²⁴My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.

¹Of Solomon. Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.

²May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.

³May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.

⁴May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor.

⁵May he endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.

⁶May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.

⁷In his days may the righteous flourish and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

⁸May he rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.

⁹May the desert tribes bow before him and his enemies lick the dust.

¹⁰May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores bring tribute to him. May the kings of Sheba and Seba present him gifts.

¹¹May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

¹²For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.

¹³He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.

¹⁴He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long.

¹⁶May grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. May the crops flourish like Lebanon and thrive like the grass of the field.

¹⁷May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. Then all nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.

¹⁸Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

¹⁹Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.

²⁰This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.