Psalms 69

1Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.● 2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.● 3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.● 4They 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.● 5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.● 6Let 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.● 7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.● 8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.● 9For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.● 10When I wept, `and chastened' my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.● 11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.● 12They that sit in the gate talk of me; And `I am' the song of the drunkards.● 13But 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.● 14Deliver 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.● 15Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.● 16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.● 17And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.● 18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.● 19Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.● 20Reproach 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.● 21They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.● 22Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, `let it become' a trap.● 23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.● 24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.● 25Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.● 26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.● 27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.● 28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.● 29But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.● 30I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.● 31And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, `Or' a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.● 32The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.● 33For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.● 34Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.● 35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.● 36The 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.●