1. For the music director, on “Lilies,” of David.
2. Save me, O God, for the waters have reached my soul.
3. I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing, I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me.
4. I am worn out by my crying, my throat is parched, my eyes fail, waiting for my God.
5. Those who hate me without a cause outnumber the hairs of my head. Powerful are my enemies who would destroy me with lies. What I did not steal, must I restore?
6. O God, You know my folly, nor are my trespasses hidden from You.
7. May those who hope in You not be ashamed because of me, my Lord, Adonai-Tzva’ot. May those who seek You not be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel.
8. For I have endured scorn for Your sake. Disgrace has covered my face.
9. I have become a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s children.
10. For zeal for Your House consumed me— the insults of those who insulted You have fallen on me.
11. When I wept and fasted— that became a reproach to me.
12. When I put on sackcloth, I became a joke to them.
13. Those who sit at the gate chatter about me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
14. But as for me, my prayer to You, Adonai, is for a time of favor. O God, in Your great love, answer me with the truth of Your salvation.
15. Deliver me from the mire— do not let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, out of the deep waters.
16. Do not let floodwaters sweep over me, nor the deep swallow me up, nor the Pit shut its mouth over me.
17. Answer me, Adonai, for good is Your mercy. With Your great compassion, turn to me.
18. Hide not Your face from Your servant. For I am in distress—answer me quickly.