Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.
¶But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me for Your name’s sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause.
Send forth Your hand from on high; Set me free and deliver me out of many waters, Out of the hand of foreigners
Let those who are wrongfully my enemies not be glad over me; Nor let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?
Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.
For You, Lord, are good, and by nature forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.
I called on Your name, O Yahweh, Out of the lowest pit.
“Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their lovingkindness,
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence.’ ”