1. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2. I sink in deep mire where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3. I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4. Those that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; those that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty; then I restored that which I did not take away.
5. O God, thou knowest my foolishness, and my guiltiness is not hid from thee.
6. Do not let those that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of the hosts, be ashamed for my sake; do not let those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
7. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.
8. I am become a stranger unto my brethren and an alien unto my mother’s sons.