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¹To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] "Lilies." A Psalm of David. Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck].

²I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.

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

⁴Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully; I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

⁵O God, You know my folly; My wrongs are not hidden from You.

⁶Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

⁷Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Confusion and dishonor have covered my face.

⁸I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother's sons.

⁹For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

¹⁰When I wept and humbled myself with fasting, It became my reproach.

¹¹When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning], I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.

¹²They who sit in the [city's] gate talk about me and mock me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable and opportune time; O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].

¹⁴Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.

¹⁵Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me, Nor the deep waters swallow me up, Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.

¹⁶Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is sweet and good and comforting; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.

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

¹⁸Draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies [so that they do not delight in my distress].

¹⁹You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor [how I am insulted]; My adversaries are all before You [each one fully known].

²⁰Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none.

²¹They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²²May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them]; And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], may it become a trap.

²³May their eyes be dimmed so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually [in terror and weakness].

²⁴Pour out Your indignation on them, And let [the fierceness of] Your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵May their encampment be desolate; May no one dwell in their tents.

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

²⁷Add [unforgiven] iniquity to their iniquity [in Your book], And may they not come into Your righteousness.

²⁸May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end] And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).

²⁹But I am sorrowful and in pain; May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high.

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

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

³²The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live.

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

³⁴Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

³⁵For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, That His servants may remain there and possess it.

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

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O God, come quickly to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me!

²Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let them be turned back and humiliated Who delight in my hurt.

³Let them be turned back because of their shame and disgrace Who say, "Aha, aha!"

⁴May all those who seek You [as life's first priority] rejoice and be glad in You; May those who love Your salvation say continually, "Let God be magnified!"

⁵But I am afflicted and needy; Come quickly to me, O God! You are my help and my rescuer; O LORD, do not delay.

¹In you, O LORD, I have put my trust and confidently taken refuge; Let me never be put to shame.

²In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me and save me.

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

⁴Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless), From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.

⁵For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.

⁶Upon You have I relied and been sustained from my birth; You are He who took me from my mother's womb and You have been my benefactor from that day. My praise is continually of You.

⁷I am as a wonder 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 off nor send me away in the time of old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.

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

¹¹Saying, "God has abandoned him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him."

¹²O God, do not be far from me; O my God, come quickly to help me!

¹³Let those who attack my life be ashamed and consumed; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.

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

¹⁵My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long, For their number is more than I know.

¹⁶I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD [and in His strength]; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

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

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

¹⁹Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the [height of the] heavens, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You, [who is Your equal]?

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

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

²²I will also praise You with the harp, Your truth and faithfulness, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O 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 speak of Your righteousness all day long; For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my injury.

¹A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king [knowledge of] Your judgments, O God, And [the spirit of] Your righteousness to the king's son [to guide all his ways].

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

³The mountains will bring peace and prosperity to the people, And the hills, in [the establishment of] righteousness.

⁴May he bring justice to the poor among the people, Save the children of the needy And crush the oppressor,

⁵Let them fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and worship You with obedience] while the sun endures, And as long as the moon [reflects light], throughout all generations.

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

⁷In his days may the righteous flourish, And peace abound until the moon is no more.

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

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

¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring offerings; The kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.

¹¹Yes, all kings will bow down before him, All nations will serve him.

¹²For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted and abused 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 redeem their life from oppression and fraud 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 let them pray for him continually; Let them bless and praise him all day long.

¹⁶There will be an abundance of grain in the soil on the top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like [the cedars of] Lebanon, And those of the city will flourish like grass of the earth.

¹⁷May his name endure forever; May his name continue as long as the sun; And let men bless themselves by him; Let all nations call him blessed.

¹⁸Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who alone does wonderful things.

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

²⁰The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended.