A Plea for Rescue
1 For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.”(a) Davidic.
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I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.(B)
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4 I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.(B)
Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.(D)
Though I did not steal, I must repay.(E)
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.(D)
Though I did not steal, I must repay.(E)
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Do not let those who put their hope in You
be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Hosts;
do not let those who seek You
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.(G)
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11 be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Hosts;
do not let those who seek You
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.(G)
I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.
12 and I was a joke to them.
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But as for me, Lord,
my prayer to You is for a time of favor.
In Your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with Your sure salvation.(N)
14 my prayer to You is for a time of favor.
In Your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with Your sure salvation.(N)
Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep waters.(O)
15 Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep waters.(O)
Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.(P)
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18 or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.(P)
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Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.(U)
21 and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.(U)
Cross references:
J.
Psalm 69:9:
John 2:17