1. SAVE ME, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck [they threaten my life].
2. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overwhelm me.
3. I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; my eyes fail with waiting [hopefully] for my God.
4. Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; those who would cut me off and destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are many and mighty. I am [forced] to restore what I did not steal. [John 15:25.]
5. O God, You know my folly and blundering; my sins and my guilt are not hidden from You.
6. Let not those who wait and hope and look for You, O Lord of hosts, be put to shame through me; let not those who seek and inquire for and require You [as their vital necessity] be brought to confusion and dishonor through me, O God of Israel.