1O God, save me,
2I continue to sink in the deep mud,
3I am exhausted from calling out for help;
4Those who hate me when there is no reason to hate me
5O God, ◄you see the sins that I have committed/my sins are not hidden from you►.
6O Yahweh God, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven,
7People have insulted/ridiculed me because I am devoted to you.
8Even my own older brothers act as if they do not know me;
9Some people have despised your temple;
10When I have humbled myself and ◄fasted/abstained from eating food►
11When I put on rough sackcloth to show that I am sad,
12Even the elders of the city say bad things about me.
13But Yahweh, I will continue praying to you.
14Do not allow me to sink any more in the mud.
15Do not allow flood waters to swirl around me,
16O Yahweh, answer my prayer and help me
17Do not ◄hide yourself from/refuse to hear► me;
18Come near to me and save me;
19You know that I am insulted
20Their insults have deeply offended me,
21Instead, they gave me food that tasted like poison,
22I hope/desire that the feasts [MTY] that they enjoy will ◄become a snare for/bring trouble to► them,
23I hope/desire that their eyesight will become dim so that they cannot see anything,
24Show them that you are very angry with them!
25Cause their towns to become abandoned/deserted
26Do this because they persecute those whom you have punished,
27Keep making a record of all their sins,
28Erase their names [SYN] from the book containing the names of those who have eternal life;
29As for me, I have pain and am suffering.
30When God does that, I will sing as I praise God,
31My doing that will please Yahweh more than sacrificing oxen,
32Oppressed/Afflicted people will see that God has rescued me,
33Yahweh listens to those who are needy;
34I desire that everything will praise God—
35God will rescue the people of Jerusalem from their enemies,
36The descendants of his people will inherit it,