Psalms 69

¹Save me, O God! For the waters press in to my very life!

²I sink in deep mire, where is no standing; I have come into deep waters, and the waves flow over me.

³I am weary with crying; my throat is parched; Mine eyes are wasted, while I wait for my God.

⁴More numerous than the hairs of my head are they who hate me without reason; Mighty are they who seek to destroy me, being my enemies without cause: I must restore what I took not away.

⁵O God! thou knowest my offences, And my sins are not hidden from thee!

⁶Let not them that trust in thee through me be put to shame, O Lord Jehovah, God of hosts! Let not them that seek thee through me be confounded, O God of Israel!

⁷For on account of thee do I suffer reproach, And shame covereth my face!

⁸I am become a stranger to my brothers; Yea, an alien to my mother’s sons.

⁹For zeal for thy house consumeth me, And the reproaches of them that reproach thee fall upon me.

¹⁰When I weep and fast, That is made my reproach;

¹¹When I clothe myself in sackcloth, Then I become their by-word.

¹²They who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am become the song of drunkards.

¹³Yet will I address my prayer to thee, O LORD! May it be in an acceptable time according to thy great goodness! Hear, O God! and afford me thy sure help!

¹⁴Save me from the mire, and let me not sink; May I be delivered from my enemies,—from the deep waters!

¹⁵Let not the water-flood overflow me; Let not the deep swallow me up, And let not the pit close her mouth upon me!

¹⁶Hear me, O LORD! since great is thy loving-kindness; According to the abundance of thy tender mercies look upon me!

¹⁷Hide not thy face from thy servant; I am greatly distressed, O make haste to mine aid!

¹⁸Draw near to me, and redeem my life; Deliver me because of my enemies!

¹⁹Thou knowest my reproach, and dishonor, and shame; All my adversaries are in thy view!

²⁰Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I look for pity, but there is none; For comforters, but find none.

²¹For my food they give me gall, And in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.

²²May their table be to them a snare; May it be a trap to them, while they are at ease!

²³May their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; And cause their loins continually to shake!

²⁴Pour out upon them thine indignation, And may the heat of thine anger overtake them!

²⁵Let their habitation be desolate, And let none dwell in their tents!

²⁶For they persecute those whom thou hast smitten, And talk of the pain of those whom thou hast wounded.

²⁷Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them never come into thy favor!

²⁸Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; Let not their names be written with the righteous!

²⁹But I am poor, and sorrowful: May thine aid, O God! set me on high!

³⁰Then I will praise the name of God in a song; I will give glory to him with thanksgiving.

³¹More pleasing shall this be to the LORD Than a full-horned and full-hoofed bullock.

³²The afflicted shall see, and rejoice; The hearts of them that fear God shall be revived.

³³For the LORD heareth the poor, And despiseth not his people in their bonds.

³⁴Let the heaven and the earth praise him; The sea, and all that move therein!

³⁵For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell therein, and possess it.

³⁶Yea, the posterity of his servants shall possess it, And they that love him shall dwell therein.

Psalms 69

¹Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

²I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

³I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁴They 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.

⁵O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

⁶Let 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.

⁷Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

⁸I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

⁹For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

¹⁰When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

¹¹I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

¹²They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

¹³But 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.

¹⁴Deliver 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.

¹⁵Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

¹⁶Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

¹⁷And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

¹⁸Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

¹⁹Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

²⁰Reproach 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.

²¹They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²²Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

²³Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

²⁴Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

²⁵Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

²⁶For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

²⁷Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

²⁸Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

²⁹But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

³⁰I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

³¹This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

³²The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

³³For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

³⁴Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

³⁵For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

³⁶The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.