Psalm 69:7–15

7  Because lfor thy sake I have borne reproach;

Shame hath covered my face.

8  I mam become a stranger unto nmy brethren,

And an alien unto my mother’s children.

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

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

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

That was to my reproach.

11  I made qrsackcloth also my garment;

And I became sa proverb to them.

12  They that sit in the gate speak against me;

And I was the tsong of the †drunkards.

13  But 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.

14  Deliver 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.

15  Let not the awaterflood overflow me,

Neither let athe deep swallow me up,

And let not bthe pit cshut her mouth upon me.