Psalms 69
1. <<To the chief Musician * upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.>> Save * me, O God; for the waters are come * in unto my soul.
2. I sink * in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come * into deep waters, where the floods overflow * me.
3. I am weary * of my crying * : my throat is dried * : mine eyes fail * while I wait * for my God.
4. They that hate * me without a cause are more * than the hairs of mine head:they that would destroy * me, being mine enemies * wrongfully, are mighty * : then I restored * that which I took not away * .
5. O God, thou knowest * my foolishness; and my sins are not hid * from thee.
6. Let not them that wait * on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed * for my sake: let not those that seek * thee be confounded * for my sake, O God of Israel.
7. Because for thy sake I have borne * reproach; shame hath covered * my face.
8. I am become a stranger * unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
9. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up * ; and the reproaches of them that reproached * thee are fallen * upon me.
10. When I wept * , and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11. I made * sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
12. They that sit in * the gate speak * against me; and I was the song of the drunkards * .
13. But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God,in the multitude of thy mercy hear * me, in the truth of thy salvation.
14. Deliver * me out of the mire, and let me not sink * : let me be delivered * from them that hate * me, and out of the deep waters.
15. Let not the waterflood overflow * me, neither let the deep swallow me up * , and let not the pit shut * her mouth upon me.
16. Hear * me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn * unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17. And hide * not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble * : hear * me speedily.
18. Draw nigh * unto my soul, and redeem * it: deliver * me because of mine enemies * .
19. Thou hast known * my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries * are all before thee.
20. Reproach hath broken * my heart; and I am full of heaviness * : and I looked * for some to take pity * , but there was none; and for comforters * , but I found * none.
21. They gave * me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink * .
22. Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23. Let their eyes be darkened * , that they see * not; and make their loins continually to shake * .
24. Pour out * thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold * of them.
25. Let their habitation be desolate * ; and let none dwell * in their tents.
26. For they persecute * him whom thou hast smitten * ; and they talk * to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27. Add * iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come * into thy righteousness.
28. Let them be blotted * out of the book of the living, and not be written * with the righteous.
29. But I am poor and sorrowful * : let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high * .
30. I will praise * the name of God with a song, and will magnify * him with thanksgiving.
31. This also shall please * the LORD better * than an ox or bullock that hath horns * and hoofs * .
32. The humble shall see * this, and be glad * : and your heart shall live * that seek * God.
33. For the LORD heareth * the poor,and despiseth * not his prisoners.
34. Let the heaven and earth praise * him, the seas, and every thing that moveth * therein.
35. For God will save * Zion, and will build * the cities of Judah:that they may dwell * there, and have it in possession * .
36. The seed also of his servants shall inherit * it: and they that love * his name shall dwell * therein.
