Psm69:1 To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.
Psm69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.
Psm69:3 I am weary with my crying;my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
Psm69:4 More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause;mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
Psm69:5 O God, thou knowest my folly;the wrongs I have done are not hidden from thee.
Psm69:6 Let not those who hope in thee be put to shame through me, O Lord GOD of hosts;let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
Psm69:7 For it is for thy sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face.
Psm69:8 I have become a stranger to my brethren, an alien to my mother's sons.
Psm69:9 For zeal for thy house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.
Psm69:10 When I humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.
Psm69:11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
Psm69:12 I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.
Psm69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O LORD. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy steadfast love answer me. With thy faithful help
Psm69:14 rescue me from sinking in the mire;let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
Psm69:15 Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
Psm69:16 Answer me, O LORD, for thy steadfast love is good;according to thy abundant mercy, turn to me.
Psm69:17 Hide not thy face from thy servant;for I am in distress, make haste to answer me.
Psm69:18 Draw near to me, redeem me, set me free because of my enemies!
Psm69:19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor;my foes are all known to thee.
Psm69:20 Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none;and for comforters, but I found none.
Psm69:21 They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Psm69:22 Let their own table before them become a snare;let their sacrificial feasts be a trap.
Psm69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see;and make their loins tremble continually.
Psm69:24 Pour out thy indignation upon them, and let thy burning anger overtake them.
Psm69:25 May their camp be a desolation, let no one dwell in their tents.
Psm69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and him whom thou hast wounded, they afflict still more.
Psm69:27 Add to them punishment upon punishment;may they have no acquittal from thee.
Psm69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
Psm69:29 But I am afflicted and in pain;let thy salvation, O God, set me on high!
Psm69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song;I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Psm69:31 This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.
Psm69:32 Let the oppressed see it and be glad;you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
Psm69:33 For the LORD hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds.
Psm69:34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves therein.
Psm69:35 For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah;and his servants shall dwell there and possess it;
Psm69:36 the children of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
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