Psalm 69:1–21

¹Save me, O God,

For the ^awaters have ¹threatened my life.

²I have sunk in deep ^amire, and there is no foothold;

I have come into deep waters, and a ^1bflood overflows me.

³I am ^aweary with my crying; my throat is parched;

My ^beyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁴Those ^awho hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;

Those who would ¹destroy me ^bare powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;

^cWhat I did not steal, I then have to restore.

⁵O God, it is You who knows ^amy folly,

And ^bmy wrongs are not hidden from You.

⁶May those who wait for You not ^abe ashamed through me, O Lord ¹God of hosts;

May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

⁷Because ^afor Your sake I have borne reproach;

^bDishonor has covered my face.

⁸I have become ^aestranged ¹from my brothers

And an alien to my mother’s sons.

⁹For ^azeal for Your house has consumed me,

And ^bthe reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

¹⁰When I wept ^ain my soul with fasting,

It became my reproach.

¹¹When I made ^asackcloth my clothing,

I became ^ba byword to them.

¹²Those who ^asit in the gate talk about me,

And I am the ^1bsong of the drunkards.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, ^aat an acceptable time;

O God, in the ^bgreatness of Your lovingkindness,

Answer me with ¹Your saving truth.

¹⁴Deliver me from the ^amire and do not let me sink;

May I be ^bdelivered from ¹my foes and from the ²deep waters.

¹⁵May the ^1aflood of water not overflow me

Nor the deep swallow me up,

Nor the ^bpit shut its mouth on me.

¹⁶Answer me, O Lord, for ^aYour lovingkindness is good;

^bAccording to the greatness of Your compassion, ^cturn to me,

¹⁷And ^ado not hide Your face from Your servant,

For I am ^bin distress; answer me quickly.

¹⁸Oh draw near to my soul and ^aredeem it;

^bRansom me because of my enemies!

¹⁹You know my ^areproach and my shame and my dishonor;

All my adversaries are ¹before You.

²⁰Reproach has ^abroken my heart and I am so sick.

And ^bI looked for sympathy, but there was none,

And for ^ccomforters, but I found none.

²¹They also gave me ^1agall ²for my food

And for my thirst they ^bgave me vinegar to drink.