Psalm 69:1–21

¹Save me, O God,

for the waters^u have come up to my neck.^v

²I sink in the miry depths,^w

where there is no foothold.

I have come into the deep waters;

the floods engulf me.

³I am worn out calling for help;^x

my throat is parched.

My eyes fail,^y

looking for my God.

⁴Those who hate me^z without reason^a

outnumber the hairs of my head;

many are my enemies without cause,^b

those who seek to destroy me.^c

I am forced to restore

what I did not steal.

⁵You, God, know my folly;^d

my guilt is not hidden from you.^e

⁶Lord, the Lord Almighty,

may those who hope in you

not be disgraced because of me;

God of Israel,

may those who seek you

not be put to shame because of me.

⁷For I endure scorn^f for your sake,^g

and shame covers my face.^h

⁸I am a foreigner to my own family,

a stranger to my own mother’s children;ⁱ

⁹for zeal for your house consumes me,^j

and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.^k

¹⁰When I weep and fast,^l

I must endure scorn;

¹¹when I put on sackcloth,^m

people make sport of me.

¹²Those who sit at the gateⁿ mock me,

and I am the song of the drunkards.^o

¹³But I pray to you, Lord,

in the time of your favor;^p

in your great love,^q O God,

answer me with your sure salvation.

¹⁴Rescue me from the mire,

do not let me sink;

deliver me from those who hate me,

from the deep waters.^r

¹⁵Do not let the floodwaters^s engulf me

or the depths swallow me up^t

or the pit close its mouth over me.^u

¹⁶Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;^v

in your great mercy turn to me.

¹⁷Do not hide your face^w from your servant;

answer me quickly,^x for I am in trouble.^y

¹⁸Come near and rescue me;

deliver^z me because of my foes.

¹⁹You know how I am scorned,^a disgraced and shamed;

all my enemies are before you.

²⁰Scorn has broken my heart

and has left me helpless;

I looked for sympathy, but there was none,

for comforters,^b but I found none.^c

²¹They put gall in my food

and gave me vinegar^d for my thirst.^e