The Psalms

Psalm 69

For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshanim. A Psalm of David.

 ^69:1Save me, O God;

 For the waters are come in unto my soul.

 ^69:2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing:

 I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

 ^69:3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried:

 Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

 ^69:4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head:

 They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty:

 That which I took not away I have to restore.

 ^69:5O God, thou knowest my foolishness;

 And my sins are not hid from thee.

 ^69:6Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts:

 Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

 ^69:7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;

 Shame hath covered my face.

 ^69:8I am become a stranger unto my brethren,

 And an alien unto my mother's children.

 ^69:9For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up;

 And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

 ^69:10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,

 That was to my reproach.

 ^69:11When I made sackcloth my clothing,

 I became a byword unto them.

 ^69:12They that sit in the gate talk of me;

 And I am the song of the drunkards.

 ^69:13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time:

 O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness,

 Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

 ^69:14Deliver 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.

 ^69:15Let not the waterflood overwhelm me,

 Neither let the deep shallow me up;

 And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

 ^69:16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good:

 According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

 ^69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant;

 For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

 ^69:18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:

 Ransom me because of mine enemies.

 ^69:19Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor:

 Mine adversaries are all before thee.

 ^69:20Reproach 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.

 ^69:21They gave me also gall for my food;

 And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

 ^69:22Let their table before them become a snare;

 And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

 ^69:23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see;

 And make their loins continually to shake.

 ^69:24Pour out thine indignation upon them,

 And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

 ^69:25Let their habitation be desolate;

 Let none dwell in their tents.

 ^69:26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten;

 And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

 ^69:27Add iniquity unto their iniquity;

 And let them not come into thy righteousness.

 ^69:28Let them be blotted out of the book of life,

 And not be written with the righteous.

 ^69:29But I am poor and sorrowful:

 Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

 ^69:30I will praise the name of God with a song,

 And will magnify him with thanksgiving.

 ^69:31And it will please Jehovah better than an ox,

 Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

 ^69:32The meek have seen it, and are glad:

 Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

 ^69:33For Jehovah heareth the needy,

 And despiseth not his prisoners.

 ^69:34Let heaven and earth praise him,

 The seas, and everything that moveth therein.

 ^69:35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah;

 And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

 ^69:36The seed also of his servants shall inherit it;

 And they that love his name shall dwell therein.