Psalm 69

Psalm LXIX.

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.

Save me, O God; for ^athe waters are come in ^bunto my soul.

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

I am come into deep waters, where ^ethe floods ^eeoverflow me.

^3fI am weary of my crying: my throat is dried:

^gMine eyes fail ^hwhile I wait for my God.

⁴ⁱThey that hate me without a cause ^jare moe than the hairs of mine head:

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

^kThen 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 ^lfor thy sake I have borne reproach;

Shame hath covered my face.

⁸I ^mam become a stranger unto ⁿmy brethren,

And an alien unto my mother’s children.

⁹For ^othe zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;

And ^pthe reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

¹⁰When I wept, and chastened ^qmy soul with fasting,

That was to my reproach.

¹¹I made ^qrsackcloth also my garment;

And I became ^sa proverb to them.

¹²They that sit in the gate speak against me;

And I was the ^tsong of the drunkards.

¹³But as for me, ^umy prayer is unto thee, O Lord, ^win an acceptable time:

O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

¹⁴Deliver me ^xout of the mire, and let me not ^ysink:

^zLet me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the ^ydeep waters.

¹⁵Let not the ^awaterflood overflow me,

Neither let ^athe deep swallow me up,

And let not ^bthe pit ^cshut her mouth upon me.

¹⁶Hear me, O Lord; ^dfor thy lovingkindness is good:

^eTurn unto me ^faccording to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

¹⁷And ^ghide not thy face from thy servant;

For I ^ham in trouble: ⁱhear me speedily.

¹⁸Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:

Deliver me because of mine enemies.

¹⁹Thou hast known ^jmy reproach, and ^kmy shame, and my dishonour:

Mine adversaries are all before thee.

²⁰Reproach hath broken my heart; and ^lI am full of heaviness:

And ^mI looked for some to take pity, but there was none;

And for ⁿcomforters, but I found none.

²¹They gave me also ^ogall for my meat;

And ^pin my thirst they gave me ^qvinegar to drink.

^22rLet their ^stable become a snare before them:

And that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

^23tLet their eyes be darkened, that they see not;

And ^umake their loins continually to shake.

²⁴Pour out thine indignation upon them,

And let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

^25xLet ^ytheir habitation be desolate;

And let none dwell in their tents.

²⁶For ^zthey persecute ^ahim whom thou hast smitten;

And they ^btalk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

^27cAdd iniquity unto their iniquity:

And let them not come into thy righteousness.

²⁸Let them be blotted out of ^dthe book of the living,

And not be ^ewritten with the righteous.

²⁹But I am poor and sorrowful:

Let thy salvation, O God, ^fset me up on high.

³⁰I will praise the name of God with a song;

And will ^gmagnify him with ^hthanksgiving.

^31hThis also shall please the Lord better than an ox

Or bullock that hath horns and ⁱhoofs.

³²The ^khumble shall see this, and be glad:

And ^lyour heart shall live that seek God.

³³For the Lord heareth the poor,

And ^mdespiseth not his prisoners.

³⁴ⁿLet the heaven and earth praise him,

The seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

^35oFor God will save Zion,

And will build the cities of Judah:

That they may dwell there, and ^phave it in possession.

^36qThe seed also of ^rhis servants shall inherit it:

And ^pthey that love his name shall ^sdwell therein.