Psalms 69

1 Save me, OGod; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.

1Unto the end, a psalm for David, to bring to remembrance that the Lord saved him.

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

2O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.

3 I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for myGod.

3Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek my soul:

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

4Let them be turned backward, and blush for shame that desire evils to me: Let them be presently turned away blushing for shame that say to me: 'Tis well, 'tis well.

5 Thou, OGod, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.

5Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.

6 Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, OGod of Israel.

6But I am needy and poor; O God, help me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O Lord, make no delay.

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

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8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;

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9 For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

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10 And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; —

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11 And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

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12 They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

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13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: OGod, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:

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14 Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.

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15 Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

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16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;

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17 And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.

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18 Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.

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19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

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20 Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

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21 Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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22 Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;

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23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.

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24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.

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25 Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.

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26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

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27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.

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

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29 But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, OGod, set me secure on high.

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30 I will praise the name ofGod with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving;

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31 And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, — a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.

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32 The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seekGod, your heart shall live.

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33 For Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.

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34 Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.

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35 ForGod will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:

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36 And the seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

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