1 Save me, God,

for the water has risen to my neck.c

2 I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;

I have come into deep water,

and a flood sweeps over me.d

3 I am weary from my crying;

my throat is parched.

My eyes fail, looking for my God.e

4 Those who hate me without cause

are more numerous than the hairs of my head;

my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,

are powerful.f

Though I did not steal, I must repay.g

5 God, you know my foolishness,

and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.h

6 Do not let those who put their hope in you

be disgraced because of me,

Lord God of Armies;

do not let those who seek you

be humiliated because of me,

God of Israel.i

7 For I have endured insults because of you,

and shame has covered my face.j

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers

and a foreigner to my mother’s sonsk

9 because zeal for your house has consumed me,l

and the insults of those who insult you

have fallen on me.m

10 I mourned and fasted,

but it brought me insults.n

11 I wore sackcloth as my clothing,

and I was a joke to them.

12 Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,

and drunkards make up songs about me.o