Psalm 69:4–23

4 Those who ehate me without a cause

Are more than the hairs of my head;

They are mighty who would destroy me,

Being my enemies wrongfully;

Though I have stolen nothing,

I still must restore it.

5 O God, You know my foolishness;

And my sins are not hidden from You.

6 Let not those who 3wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me;

Let not those who seek You be 4confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;

Shame has covered my face.

8 fI have become a stranger to my brothers,

And an alien to my mother’s children;

9 gBecause zeal for Your house has eaten me up,

hAnd the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

10 When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,

That became my reproach.

11 I also 5made sackcloth my garment;

I became a byword to them.

12 Those who 6sit in the gate speak against me,

And I am the song of the idrunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is to You,

O Lord, in the acceptable time;

O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,

Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

14 Deliver me out of the mire,

And let me not sink;

Let me be delivered from those who hate me,

And out of the deep waters.

15 Let not the floodwater overflow me,

Nor let the deep swallow me up;

And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

16 Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;

Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.

17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant,

For I am in trouble;

Hear me speedily.

18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;

Deliver me because of my enemies.

19 You know jmy reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;

My adversaries are all before You.

20 Reproach has broken my heart,

And I am full of 7heaviness;

kI looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;

And for lcomforters, but I found none.

21 They also gave me gall for my food,

mAnd for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 nLet their table become a snare before them,

And their well-being a trap.

23 oLet their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;

And make their loins shake continually.