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1. A David psalm. God, God, save me! I'm in over my head,
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 upon H5921 Shoshannim H7799 , A Psalm of David H1732 . Save H3467 me , O God H430 ; for H3588 the waters H4325 are come in H935 unto H5704 my soul H5315 .
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2. Quicksand under me, swamp water over me; I'm going down for the third time.
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2. I sink H2883 in deep H4688 mire H3121 , where there is no H369 standing H4613 : I am come H935 into deep H4615 waters H4325 , where the floods H7641 overflow H7857 me.
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3. I'm hoarse from calling for help, Bleary-eyed from searching the sky for God.
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3. I am weary H3021 of my crying H7121 : my throat H1627 is dried H2787 : mine eyes H5869 fail H3615 while I wait H3176 for my God H430 .
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4. I've got more enemies than hairs on my head; Sneaks and liars are out to knife me in the back. What I never stole Must I now give back?
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4. They that hate H8130 me without a cause H2600 are more H7231 than the hairs H4480 H8185 of mine head H7218 : they that would destroy H6789 me, being mine enemies H341 wrongfully H8267 , are mighty H6105 : then H227 I restored H7725 that which H834 I took not away H3808 H1497 .
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5. God, you know every sin I've committed; My life's a wide-open book before you.
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5. O God H430 , thou H859 knowest H3045 my foolishness H200 ; and my sins H819 are not H3808 hid H3582 from H4480 thee.
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6. Don't let those who look to you in hope Be discouraged by what happens to me, Dear Lord! GOD of the armies! Don't let those out looking for you Come to a dead end by following me-- Please, dear God of Israel!
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6. Let not H408 them that wait on H6960 thee , O Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635 , be ashamed H954 for my sake : let not H408 those that seek H1245 thee be confounded H3637 for my sake , O God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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7. Because of you I look like an idiot, I walk around ashamed to show my face.
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7. Because H3588 for thy sake H5921 I have borne H5375 reproach H2781 ; shame H3639 hath covered H3680 my face H6440 .
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8. My brothers shun me like a bum off the street; My family treats me like an unwanted guest.
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8. I am become H1961 a stranger H2114 unto my brethren H251 , and an alien H5237 unto my mother H517 's children H1121 .
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9. I love you more than I can say. Because I'm madly in love with you, They blame me for everything they dislike about you.
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9. For H3588 the zeal H7068 of thine house H1004 hath eaten me up H398 ; and the reproaches H2781 of them that reproached H2778 thee are fallen H5307 upon H5921 me.
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10. When I poured myself out in prayer and fasting, All it got me was more contempt.
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10. When I wept H1058 , and chastened my soul H5315 with fasting H6685 , that was H1961 to my reproach H2781 .
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11. When I put on a sad face, They treated me like a clown.
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11. I made H5414 sackcloth H8242 also my garment H3830 ; and I became H1961 a proverb H4912 to them.
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12. Now drunks and gluttons Make up drinking songs about me.
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12. They that sit H3427 in the gate H8179 speak H7878 against me ; and I was the song H5058 of the drunkards H8354 H7941 .
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13. And me? I pray. GOD, it's time for a break! God, answer in love! Answer with your sure salvation!
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13. But as for me H589 , my prayer H8605 is unto thee , O LORD H3068 , in an acceptable H7522 time H6256 : O God H430 , in the multitude H7230 of thy mercy H2617 hear H6030 me , in the truth H571 of thy salvation H3468 .
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14. Rescue me from the swamp, Don't let me go under for good, Pull me out of the clutch of the enemy; This whirlpool is sucking me down.
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14. Deliver H5337 me out of the mire H4480 H2916 , and let me not H408 sink H2883 : let me be delivered H5337 from them that hate H4480 H8130 me , and out of the deep H4480 H4615 waters H4325 .
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15. Don't let the swamp be my grave, the Black Hole Swallow me, its jaws clenched around me.
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15. Let not H408 the waterflood H7641 H4325 overflow H7857 me, neither H408 let the deep H4688 swallow me up H1104 , and let not H408 the pit H875 shut H332 her mouth H6310 upon H5921 me.
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16. Now answer me, GOD, because you love me; Let me see your great mercy full-face.
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16. Hear H6030 me , O LORD H3068 ; for H3588 thy lovingkindness H2617 is good H2896 : turn H6437 unto H413 me according to the multitude H7230 of thy tender mercies H7356 .
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17. Don't look the other way; your servant can't take it. I'm in trouble. Answer right now!
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17. And hide H5641 not H408 thy face H6440 from thy servant H4480 H5650 ; for H3588 I am in trouble H6862 : hear H6030 me speedily H4116 .
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18. Come close, God; get me out of here. Rescue me from this deathtrap.
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18. Draw nigh H7126 unto H413 my soul H5315 , and redeem H1350 it: deliver H6299 me because of H4616 mine enemies H341 .
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19. You know how they kick me around-- Pin on me the donkey's ears, the dunce's cap.
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19. Thou H859 hast known H3045 my reproach H2781 , and my shame H1322 , and my dishonor H3639 : mine adversaries H6887 are all H3605 before H5048 thee.
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20. I'm broken by their taunts, Flat on my face, reduced to a nothing. I looked in vain for one friendly face. Not one. I couldn't find one shoulder to cry on.
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20. Reproach H2781 hath broken H7665 my heart H3820 ; and I am full of heaviness H5136 : and I looked H6960 for some to take pity H5110 , but there was none H369 ; and for comforters H5162 , but I found H4672 none H3808 .
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21. They put poison in my soup, Vinegar in my drink.
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21. They gave H5414 me also gall H7219 for my meat H1267 ; and in my thirst H6772 they gave me vinegar H2558 to drink H8248 .
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22. Let their supper be bait in a trap that snaps shut; May their best friends be trappers who'll skin them alive.
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22. Let their table H7979 become H1961 a snare H6341 before H6440 them : and that which should have been for their welfare H7965 , let it become a trap H4170 .
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23. Make them become blind as bats, Give them the shakes from morning to night.
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23. Let their eyes H5869 be darkened H2821 , that they see not H4480 H7200 ; and make their loins H4975 continually H8548 to shake H4571 .
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24. Let them know what you think of them, Blast them with your red-hot anger.
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24. Pour out H8210 thine indignation H2195 upon H5921 them , and let thy wrathful H2740 anger H639 take hold H5381 of them.
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25. Burn down their houses, Leave them desolate with nobody at home.
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25. Let their habitation H2918 be H1961 desolate H8074 ; and let H1961 none H408 dwell H3427 in their tents H168 .
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26. They gossiped about the one you disciplined, Made up stories about anyone wounded by God.
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26. For H3588 they persecute H7291 him whom H834 thou H859 hast smitten H5221 ; and they talk H5608 to H413 the grief H4341 of those whom thou hast wounded H2491 .
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27. Pile on the guilt, Don't let them off the hook.
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27. Add H5414 iniquity H5771 unto H5921 their iniquity H5771 : and let them not H408 come H935 into thy righteousness H6666 .
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28. Strike their names from the list of the living; No rock-carved honor for them among the righteous.
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28. Let them be blotted H4229 out of the book H4480 H5612 of the living H2416 , and not H408 be written H3789 with H5973 the righteous H6662 .
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29. I'm hurt and in pain; Give me space for healing, and mountain air.
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29. But I H589 am poor H6041 and sorrowful H3510 : let thy salvation H3444 , O God H430 , set me up on high H7682 .
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30. Let me shout God's name with a praising song, Let me tell his greatness in a prayer of thanks.
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30. I will praise H1984 the name H8034 of God H430 with a song H7892 , and will magnify H1431 him with thanksgiving H8426 .
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31. For GOD, this is better than oxen on the altar, Far better than blue-ribbon bulls.
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31. This also shall please H3190 the LORD H3068 better than an ox H4480 H7794 or bullock H6499 that hath horns H7160 and hooves H6536 .
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32. The poor in spirit see and are glad-- Oh, you God-seekers, take heart!
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32. The humble H6035 shall see H7200 this, and be glad H8055 : and your heart H3824 shall live H2421 that seek H1875 God H430 .
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33. For GOD listens to the poor, He doesn't walk out on the wretched.
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33. For H3588 the LORD H3068 heareth H8085 H413 the poor H34 , and despiseth H959 not H3808 his prisoners H615 .
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34. You heavens, praise him; praise him, earth; Also ocean and all things that swim in it.
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34. Let the heaven H8064 and earth H776 praise H1984 him , the seas H3220 , and every thing H3605 that moveth H7430 therein.
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35. For God is out to help Zion, Rebuilding the wrecked towns of Judah. Guess who will live there-- The proud owners of the land?
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35. For H3588 God H430 will save H3467 Zion H6726 , and will build H1129 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 : that they may dwell H3427 there H8033 , and have it in possession H3423 .
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36. No, the children of his servants will get it, The lovers of his name will live in it.
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36. The seed H2233 also of his servants H5650 shall inherit H5157 it : and they that love H157 his name H8034 shall dwell H7931 therein.
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