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For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David

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Save me, O G-d; for the waters are come in even unto the soul

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I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me

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I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my G-d

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They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are many; should I restore that which I took not away

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O G-d, Thou knowest my folly; and my trespasses are not hid from Thee

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Let not them that wait for Thee be ashamed through me, O L-rd GOD of hosts; let not those that seek Thee be brought to confusion through me, O G-d of Israel

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Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face

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I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children

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Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me

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And I wept with my soul with fasting, and that became unto me a reproach

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I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them

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They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards

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But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O HaShem, in an acceptable time; O G-d, in the abundance of Thy mercy, answer me with the truth of Thy salvation

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Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters

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Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me

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Answer me, O HaShem, for Thy mercy is good; according to the multitude of Thy compassions turn Thou unto me

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And hide not Thy face from Thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily

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Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it; ransom me because of mine enemies

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Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; mine adversaries are all before Thee

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Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick; and I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none

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Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink

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Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, let it become a trap

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Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter

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Pour out Thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of Thine anger overtake them

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Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents

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For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten; and they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded

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Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into Thy righteousness

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Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous

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But I am afflicted and in pain; let Thy salvation, O G-d, set me up on high

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I will praise the name of G-d with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving

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And it shall please HaShem better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs

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The humble shall see it, and be glad; ye that seek after G-d, let your heart revive

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For HaShem hearkeneth unto the needy, and despiseth not His prisoners

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Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein

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For G-d will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession

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The seed also of His servants shall inherit it; and they that love His name shall dwell therein