⁵ God, You know ^(I)my foolishness,
And ^(J)my guilt is not hidden from You.
⁶ May those who wait for You not ^(K)be ashamed because of me, Lord ^[e]God of armies;
May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel,
⁷ Because ^(L)for Your sake I have endured disgrace;
^(M)Dishonor has covered my face.
⁸ I have become ^(N)estranged ^[f]from my brothers,
And a stranger to my mother’s sons.
⁹ For ^(O)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And ^(P)the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.
¹⁰ When I wept ^(Q)in my soul with fasting,
It became my ^(R)disgrace.
¹¹ When I made ^(S)sackcloth my clothing,
I became ^(T)a proverb to them.
¹² Those who ^(U)sit in the gate talk about me,
And ^(V)songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, ^(W)at an acceptable time;
God, in the ^(X)greatness of Your mercy,
Answer me with ^[g]Your saving truth.
¹⁴ Rescue me from the ^(Y)mud and do not let me sink;
May I be ^(Z)rescued from those who hate me, and from the ^(AA)depths of water.
¹⁵ May the ^[h](AB)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the ^(AC)pit close its mouth on me.

¹⁶ Answer me, Lord, for ^(AD)Your mercy is good;
^(AE)According to the greatness of Your compassion, ^(AF)turn to me,
¹⁷ And ^(AG)do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am ^(AH)in distress; answer me quickly.
¹⁸ Come near to my soul and ^(AI)redeem it;
^(AJ)Ransom me because of my enemies!
¹⁹ You know my ^(AK)disgrace, my shame, and my dishonor;
All my enemies are ^[i]known to You.

²⁰ Disgrace has ^(AL)broken my heart, and I am so sick.
And ^(AM)I waited for sympathy, but there was none;
And for ^(AN)comforters, but I found none.
²¹ They also gave me ^[j](AO)a bitter herb in my food,
And for my thirst they ^(AP)gave me vinegar to drink.

²² May ^(AQ)their table before them become a snare;
And ^[k](AR)when they are at peace, may it become a trap.
²³ May their ^(AS)eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their ^(AT)hips shake continually.
^24 (AU)Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
²⁵ May their ^[l](AV)camp be desolated;
May there be none living in their tents.
²⁶ For they have ^(AW)persecuted him whom ^(AX)You Yourself struck,
And they tell of the pain of those whom ^(AY)You have ^[m]wounded.
²⁷ Add ^(AZ)guilt to their guilt,
And ^(BA)may they not come into ^(BB)Your righteousness.
²⁸ May they be ^(BC)wiped out of the ^(BD)book of life,
And may they not be ^[n](BE)recorded with the righteous.

²⁹ But I am ^(BF)afflicted and in pain;
^[o]May Your salvation, God, ^(BG)set me safely on high.
³⁰ I will ^(BH)praise the name of God with song,
And ^(BI)exalt Him with ^(BJ)thanksgiving.
³¹ And it will ^(BK)please the Lord better than an ox
Or bull with horns and hoofs.
³² The ^(BL)humble ^[p]have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, ^(BM)let your heart ^[q]revive.
³³ For ^(BN)the Lord hears the needy,
And ^(BO)does not despise those of His who are prisoners.

^34 (BP)Heaven and earth shall praise Him,
The seas and ^(BQ)everything that moves in them.
³⁵ For God will ^(BR)save Zion and ^(BS)build the cities of Judah,
So that they may live there and ^(BT)possess it.
³⁶ The ^[r](BU)descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name ^(BV)will live in it.