Lord, see how badly my enemies treat me! Help me! Don’t let me go down to the gates of death!

耶和华啊，你是从死门把我提拔起来的；求你怜恤我，看那恨我的人所加给我的苦难，

耶和华啊，求你怜悯我！你是从死门把我提升起来的，求你看那恨我的人所加给我的苦难，

耶和华啊，求你怜悯我！你是从死门把我提升起来的，求你看那恨我的人所加给我的苦难，

耶和华啊，看看仇敌对我的迫害！求你怜悯我，救我离开死亡之门，

耶和华啊！求你恩待我，看看那些恨我的人加给我的苦难；求你把我从死门拉上来，

耶和华啊，求你恩待我！愿你看到那些恨我的人加给我的苦难，求你把我从死门中拉上来，

耶和華啊，你是從死門把我提拔起來的；求你憐恤我，看那恨我的人所加給我的苦難，

耶和華啊，求你憐憫我！你是從死門把我提升起來的，求你看那恨我的人所加給我的苦難，

耶和華啊，求你憐憫我！你是從死門把我提升起來的，求你看那恨我的人所加給我的苦難，

耶和華啊，看看仇敵對我的迫害！求你憐憫我，救我離開死亡之門，

耶和華啊！求你恩待我，看看那些恨我的人加給我的苦難；求你把我從死門拉上來，

從死門把我拉起來的永恆主啊，恩待我，看那恨我的人所加給我的苦難；

耶和華啊，求你恩待我！願你看到那些恨我的人加給我的苦難，求你把我從死門中拉上來，

耶和華歟、曾援我於死門、尚其恤我、顧憾我者所加之苦、

昔余瀕死、耶和華拯之兮、今敵苦我、望耶和華憫之兮、

求主憐恤我、鑒察我仇人加於我之苦難、從死門中將我救援、

無辜之血主常恤。冤屈之人必得直。

Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

Be gracious to me, O Lord! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,

Lord, have mercy on me. See how my enemies torment me. Snatch me back from the jaws of death.

Be gracious to me, LORD; consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me. Lift me up from the gates of death,

Be gracious to me, Lord; See my oppression from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

Be gracious to me, Lord; consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me. Lift me up from the gates of death,

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble[ which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

when they prayed:“ Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,

Lord, you brought me up from the place of the dead. You kept me from going down into the pit.

Great is your love for me. You have kept me from going down into the place of the dead.

Look at how many enemies I have! See how terrible their hatred is for me!

“ Our God, you are the great God. You are mighty and wonderful. You keep the covenant you made with us. You show us your love. So don’t let all our suffering seem like a small thing to you. We’ve suffered greatly. So have our kings and leaders. So have our priests and prophets. Our people who lived long ago also suffered. And all your people are suffering right now. In fact, we’ve been suffering from the time of the kings of Assyria until today.

I said,“ I’m enjoying the best years of my life. Must I now go through the gates of death? Will the rest of my years be taken away from me?”

Lord my God, look at me and answer me. Give me new life, or I will die.

You have saved me from the darkness of death. You have kept me from tripping and falling. Now I can live with you in the light of life.

Her skirts are dirty. She didn’t think about how things might turn out. Her fall from power amazed everyone. And no one was there to comfort her. She said,“ Lord, please pay attention to how much I’m suffering. My enemies have won the battle over me.”

Listen to my cry. I am in great need. Save me from those who are chasing me. They are too strong for me.

God, have mercy on me according to your faithful love. Because your love is so tender and kind, wipe out my lawless acts.

The ropes of death were wrapped around me. The horrors of the grave came over me. I was overcome by sadness and sorrow.Then I called out to the Lord. I cried out,“ Lord, save me!”

Turn to me and have mercy on me. That’s what you’ve always done for those who love you.

All Jerusalem’s people groan as they search for bread. They trade their treasures for food just to stay alive. Jerusalem says,“ Lord, look at me. Think about my condition. Everyone looks down on me.”

Look at how I’m suffering! Save me, because I haven’t forgotten to obey your law.

Though I have done nothing to cause it, many people have become my enemies. They hate me without any reason.

Six stone water jars stood nearby. The Jews used water from that kind of jar for special washings. They did that to make themselves pure and“ clean.” Each jar could hold 20 to 30 gallons.

They refused to eat anything. They came close to passing through the gates of death.