1   Vnto ^note the end, ^note for them that shal be changed, ^note to Dauid.

2   Save me ô God: because ^note waters are entered into my soule.

3   I ^note sticke fast in the myre of the depth: and there is no sure standing.

3   I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath ouerwhelmed me.

4   I haue ^note labored crying, my iawes are made hoarse: my eies haue failed, whiles I hope in my God.

5   They are multiplied aboue the heares of my head, that hate me without cause.

5   Mine enimies are made strong, that haue persecuted me vniustly: ^note then did I pay the thinges that I tooke not.

6   O God thou knowest my ^note foolishnes: and ^note mine offences are not hide from thee.

7    ^noteLet them not be ashamed vpon me, which expect thee ô Lord, Lord of hostes.

7   Let them not be confounded vpon me that seeke thee, ô God of Israel.

8   Because for thee haue I sustained reproch, confusion hath couered my face.

9   I am become a forener to my brethren, and a stranger to the sonnes of my mother.

10   Because ^note the zele of thy house hath eaten me: and the reproches of them that reproched thee, fel vpon me.

11   And I couered my soule in fasting: and it ^note was made a reproch to me.

12   And I put heare cloth my garment, & I became a parable to them.

13   They spake aganst me ^note that sat in the gate; and they soong aganst me that dranke wine.

14   But I, ^note my prayer to thee ô Lord: a time of thy good pleasure ô God.

14    ^noteIn the multitude of thy mercie heare me, in the truth of thy saluation:

15   Deliuer me out of the myre, that I stick not fast: deliuer me from them that hate me, and from the depthes of ^note waters.

16   Let not the tempest of water drowne me, nor the depth swallowe me: ^note neyther let the pit shut his mouth vpon me.

17   Heare me ô Lord because thy mercie is benigne: according to the multitude of thy commiserations haue respect to me.

18   And turne not away thy face from thy seruant: because I am in tribulation, heare me speedily.

19   Attend to my soule and, deliuer it: ^note because of mine enimies deliuer me.

20   Thou knowest my reproch, & my confusion, & my shame.

21   In thy sight are al they that afflict me, my hart hath looked for reproch and miserie.

21   And I expected some bodie that would be sorie together with me, and there ^note was none: and that would confort me, and I founde not.

22   And they gaue ^note gal for my meate: & in my thirst they gaue me vinegre to drinke.

23    ^noteLet their table be made a snare before them, & for retributions, and for a scandal.

24   Let ^note Their eies be darkned that they see not: and make ^note their backe crooked alwaies.

25   Poure out thy wrath vpon them: and let the furie of thy wrath ouertake them.

26   Let their habitation be made desert: and in their tabernacles let there be none to dwel.

27   Because ^note whom thou hast striken, they haue persecuted: and vpon the sorrow of my wounds they haue added.

28   Adde thou ^note iniquitie vpon their iniquitie: and let them not enter into thy iustice.

29    ^noteLet them be put out of the booke of the liuing: and with the iust let them not be written.

30    ^noteI am poore and sorowful: ^note thy saluation ô God hath receiued me.

31   I wil praise the name of God with canticle: and wil magnifie him in prayse.

32   And ^note it shal please God more then a young calfe: that bringeth forth hornes and hoofes.

33   Let the poore see and reioyce: seeke ye God, and your soule shal liue.

34   Because our Lord hath heard the poore: and he hath not despised ^note his prisoners.

35   Let ^note the heauens and earth praise him, the sea, and al the creeping beastes in them.

36    ^noteBecause God wil saue Sion: and ^note the cities of Iuda shal be built vp.

36   And they shal inhabite there, & by inheritance they shal get it.

37   And ^note the seede of his seruants shal possesse it, and they that loue his name shal dwel in it.

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