Psalms 69

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

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

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

2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

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

3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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.

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.

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

5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.

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

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.

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

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8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children.

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9For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

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10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

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11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

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12They that sit in the gate talk of me; AndI amthe song of the drunkards.

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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.

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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.

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15Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

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16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

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17And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

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18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.

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19Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.

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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.

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21They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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22Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

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23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.

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24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

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25Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.

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26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

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27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

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

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29But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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30I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.

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31And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, Ora bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

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32The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

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

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34Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.

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35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

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36The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein.