2 I have sunk in deep aclay, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a bflood overflows me.
3 I am aweary with my calling out; my throat is parched;
My beyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 Those awho hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me bare powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
cWhat I did not steal, I then have to restore.
5 O God, it is You who knows amy folly,
And ball my guilt is not hidden from You.
6 May those who hope for You not abe ashamed through me, O Lord Yahweh of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,
7 Because afor Your sake I have borne reproach;
bDishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become aestranged from my brothers
And a foreigner to my mother’s sons.
9 For azeal for Your house has consumed me,
And bthe reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
10 When I wept ain my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.
11 When I made asackcloth my clothing,
I became ba byword to them.
12 Those who adwell at the gate moan about me,
And I am bthe drunkards’ songs.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Yahweh, aat an acceptable time;
O God, in the babundance of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with the truth of Your salvation.
14 Deliver me from the amire and do not let me sink;
May I be bdelivered from my foes and from the adeep waters.
15 May the aflood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the bpit shut its mouth on me.