| 69:1 |
Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. |
| 69:2 |
I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. |
| 69:3 |
I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. |
| 69:4 |
Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal. |
| 69:5 |
You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you. |
| 69:6 |
May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O Lord, the LORD Almighty; may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel. |
| 69:7 |
For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face. |
| 69:8 |
I am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother's sons; |
| 69:9 |
for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me. |
| 69:10 |
When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn; |
| 69:11 |
when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me. |
| 69:12 |
Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards. |
| 69:13 |
But I pray to you, O LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation. |
| 69:14 |
Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters. |
| 69:15 |
Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me. |
| 69:16 |
Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me. |
| 69:17 |
Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble. |
| 69:18 |
Come near and rescue me; redeem me because of my foes. |
| 69:19 |
You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you. |
| 69:20 |
Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none. |
| 69:21 |
They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst. |
| 69:22 |
May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap. |
| 69:23 |
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. |
| 69:24 |
Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them. |
| 69:25 |
May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents. |
| 69:26 |
For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt. |
| 69:27 |
Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation. |
| 69:28 |
May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous. |
| 69:29 |
I am in pain and distress; may your salvation, O God, protect me. |
| 69:30 |
I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. |
| 69:31 |
This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs. |
| 69:32 |
The poor will see and be glad--you who seek God, may your hearts live! |
| 69:33 |
The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people. |
| 69:34 |
Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them, |
| 69:35 |
for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it; |
| 69:36 |
the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there. |
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