1. Save me, O God for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.
3. I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God
4. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5. Thou, O God knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.
6. Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.
7. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.
8. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;
9. For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.