1. Hoshi'eini, O Elohim; for the mayim are come unto my nefesh (i.e., neck).
2. (3) I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of the mayim, where the floods overflow me.
3. (4) I am weary of my crying out; my garon (throat) is dry; mine eyes fail while I wait for Elohai.
4. (5) They that have sinas chinom (baseless hatred) toward me are more than the hairs of mine rosh; they that would destroy me, being mine oyevim (enemies) sheker (baselessly) are mighty; then I restored that which I did not steal.
5. (6) O Elohim, Thou knowest my folly; and my ashmot (guiltinesses) are not hid from Thee.
6. (7) Let not them that wait on Thee, Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os, be ashamed because of me; let not those that seek Thee be disgraced because of me, O Elohei Yisroel.
7. (8) Because for Thy sake I have borne cherpah; shame hath covered my face.
8. (9) I am become a stranger unto my achim, and a nochri (foreigner) unto the bnei immi (sons of my mother).
9. (10) For kinas Beitcha (zeal for Thy House) hath consumed me; and the cherpot of them that scorned Thee are fallen upon me [Yn 2:17].
10. (11) When I wept, and chastened my nefesh in the tzom (fast), that became my cherpot (reproaches).
11. (12) I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a mashal (byword) to them.
12. (13) They that sit [as judges] in the sha'ar (gate) speak against me; and I was the neginot (drinking songs) of the drunkards.
13. (14) But as for me, may my tefillah be unto Thee, Hashem, in an et ratzon (acceptable time, time of favor); O Elohim, in the multitude of Thy chesed hear me, in the emes of Thy salvation.
14. (15) Save me out of the teet (mire, clay, soil) and let me not sink; let me be saved from them that hate me, and out of the depths of the mayim.