Psalms 69

Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I am weary with my crying ; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off , being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore .

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.

Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me , O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me , O God of Israel.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.

For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

When I wept, ` and chastened ' my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

They that sit in the gate talk of me; And ` I am' the song of the drunkards.

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah , in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness , Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up ; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

Answer me, O Jehovah ; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me .

And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.

Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor : Mine adversaries are all before thee.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

They gave me also gall for my food ; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Let their table before them become a snare ; And when they are in peace , ` let it become ' a trap.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.

Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

Add iniquity unto their iniquity ; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

Let them be blotted out of the book of life , And not be written with the righteous.

But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.

And it will please Jehovah better than an ox , ` Or ' a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

The meek have seen it , and are glad: Ye that seek after God , let your heart live .

For Jehovah heareth the needy , And despiseth not his prisoners.

Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah ; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it ; And they that love his name shall dwell therein. Psalm 70 For the Chief Musician. `A Psalm' of David; to bring to remembrance.