¹¹ Do not stay so far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and no one else can help me.

¹² O God, don’t stay away.
    My God, please hurry to help me.

¹² He will rescue the poor when they cry to him;
    he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them.

²¹ Do not abandon me, O Lord.
    Do not stand at a distance, my God.

⁴ I look for someone to come and help me,
    but no one gives me a passing thought!
No one will help me;
    no one cares a bit what happens to me.
⁵ Then I pray to you, O Lord.
    I say, “You are my place of refuge.
    You are all I really want in life.
⁶ Hear my cry,
    for I am very low.
Rescue me from my persecutors,
    for they are too strong for me.

¹ Save me, O God,
    for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
² Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire;
    I can’t find a foothold.
I am in deep water,
    and the floods overwhelm me.

²² O Lord, you know all about this.
    Do not stay silent.
    Do not abandon me now, O Lord.