For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David.
Save me, God, Isa 43:2Psa 69:14-15Lam 3:54Jon 2:3-5Psa 42:7Psa 69:2Rev 12:15-16Rev 17:15
for the waters have come up to my neck!
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. Psa 40:2Mat 7:25Jer 38:6Psa 32:6Psa 88:6-7Jer 38:22Gen 7:17-23Mat 26:37-38
I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
I am weary with my crying. Psa 6:6Isa 38:14Psa 119:123Psa 119:82Deu 28:32Psa 25:21Heb 5:7Jhn 19:28
My throat is dry.
My eyes fail looking for my God.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Jhn 15:25Psa 35:19Psa 109:3-5Psa 35:11-122Co 5:21Isa 53:4-7Psa 38:19-20Psa 40:12
Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty.
I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
God, you know my foolishness. Psa 38:9Jer 16:17Psa 17:3Psa 19:12Psa 38:5Psa 44:20-21
My sins aren’t hidden from you.
Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Armies. Psa 25:3Psa 35:26Luk 24:19-21Isa 49:23Psa 72:18Psa 7:72Sa 23:3Act 13:23
Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Isa 50:6Jer 15:15Psa 44:22Heb 12:2Isa 53:3Jhn 15:21-24Luk 23:11Luk 23:35-37
Shame has covered my face.
I have become a stranger to my brothers, Psa 31:11Jhn 1:11Jhn 7:5Mat 10:35-36Mat 26:70-74Mic 7:5-6Psa 38:111Sa 17:28
an alien to my mother’s children.
For the zeal of your house consumes me. Rom 15:3Jhn 2:14-17Psa 119:139Mrk 11:15-171Ki 19:10Psa 89:41Psa 89:50-511Ch 29:3
The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
When I wept and I fasted, Luk 7:33-34Psa 102:8-9Psa 109:24-25Psa 35:13
that was to my reproach.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, 1Ki 9:7Jer 24:9Job 17:6Deu 28:37Isa 20:2Isa 22:12Jol 1:8Psa 35:13-14
I became a byword to them.
Those who sit in the gate talk about me. Act 4:26-27Psa 35:15-16Mat 27:41-42Dan 5:2-4Dan 5:23Deu 16:18Gen 19:1Job 30:8-9
I am the song of the drunkards.
But as for me, my prayer is to you, LORD, in an acceptable time. 2Co 6:2Isa 49:8Psa 55:16-17Psa 91:15Isa 55:6Psa 40:10-111Pe 2:231Sa 25:8
God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Psa 144:7Jer 38:6-13Psa 109:21Psa 69:1-2Lam 3:55Luk 19:14Luk 19:27Mrk 14:34-42
Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, Rev 12:15-16Act 2:24Isa 43:1-2Jon 2:2-7Psa 16:10Act 2:31Num 16:33-34Psa 124:4-5
neither let the deep swallow me up.
Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
Answer me, LORD, for your loving kindness is good. Psa 109:21Psa 25:16Psa 63:3Mic 7:19Psa 106:45Psa 26:11Psa 69:13Psa 51:1
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
Don’t hide your face from your servant, Psa 27:9Psa 102:2Mat 27:46Psa 143:9Psa 70:1Psa 13:1Psa 44:24Psa 66:14
for I am in distress.
Answer me speedily!
Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Psa 111:9Psa 22:1Psa 22:19Psa 49:15Deu 32:27Jer 14:8Job 6:23Jos 7:9
Ransom me because of my enemies.
You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. Heb 12:2Isa 53:31Pe 2:23Psa 2:2-4Psa 38:9Jhn 8:49Psa 69:7-9Psa 22:6-7
My adversaries are all before you.
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. Isa 63:5Job 16:2Psa 142:4Mrk 14:50Mat 26:562Ti 4:16-17Jhn 12:27Jhn 16:32
I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
for comforters, but I found none.
They also gave me poison for my food. Mat 27:34Luk 23:36Mrk 15:23Mat 27:48Mrk 15:36Jhn 19:28-30Jer 9:15Jer 8:14
In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
Let their table before them become a snare. 1Th 5:3Rom 11:8-101Pe 2:8Isa 8:14-15Pro 1:32Mal 2:2
May it become a retribution and a trap.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Dan 5:6Rom 11:10Isa 6:9-102Co 3:14Act 28:26-27Isa 21:3-4Jer 30:6Deu 28:65-67
Let their backs be continually bent.
Pour out your indignation on them. Psa 79:6Hos 5:10Rev 16:1Luk 21:221Th 2:15-16Deu 28:15-68Deu 29:18-28Deu 31:17
Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
Let their habitation be desolate. Act 1:20Mat 23:38Jer 7:12-14Isa 6:11Luk 13:351Ki 9:8Mat 24:1-2Isa 5:1
Let no one dwell in their tents.
For they persecute him whom you have wounded. Isa 53:4Mrk 15:27-32Zec 1:15Isa 53:101Th 2:152Ch 28:9Zec 13:7Job 19:21-22
They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
Charge them with crime upon crime. Isa 26:10Neh 4:5Rom 1:28Rev 22:10-112Th 2:11-122Ti 4:14Rom 10:2-3Exo 8:15
Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, Exo 32:32-33Luk 10:20Php 4:3Ezk 13:9Rev 13:8Rev 20:12-15Heb 12:23Rev 22:19
and not be written with the righteous.
But I am in pain and distress. Psa 91:14-16Psa 40:17Psa 109:22Psa 70:52Co 8:9Eph 1:21-22Isa 53:2-3Php 2:9-11
Let your salvation, God, protect me.
I will praise the name of God with a song, Psa 28:7Psa 118:28-29Psa 34:3Psa 40:1-3Psa 118:21Psa 50:14
and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
It will please the LORD better than an ox, Heb 13:15Psa 50:13-141Pe 2:5Eph 5:19-20Psa 50:23Hos 14:2
or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
The humble have seen it, and are glad. Jhn 16:22Psa 22:26Isa 55:6-7Isa 61:1-3Psa 34:2Psa 25:9Jhn 20:20Psa 22:29
You who seek after God, let your heart live.
For the LORD hears the needy, Act 5:18-19Psa 68:6Zec 9:11-12Rev 2:10Luk 4:18Psa 146:7Eph 3:1Psa 12:5
and doesn’t despise his captive people.
Let heaven and earth praise him; Isa 49:13Psa 150:6Psa 96:11Isa 55:12Isa 44:22-23Psa 148:1-14Psa 98:7-8Rev 7:11-13
the seas, and everything that moves therein!
For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. Isa 44:26Isa 46:13Psa 51:18Oba 1:17Psa 102:16Psa 48:11-13Ezk 36:35-36Rev 14:1
They shall settle there, and own it.
The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Psa 102:28Act 2:39Jas 1:12Psa 37:29Isa 61:9Jhn 14:23Jas 2:5Psa 91:14
Those who love his name shall dwell therein.