Psalms 69

1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.

For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

2 I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.

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

3 I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.

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

4 They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.

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

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:

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

6 Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.

Let not them that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts: let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, O God of Israel.

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

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

8 I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.

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

9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

10 And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.

When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

11 And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.

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

12 They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.

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

13 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

14 Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Deliver 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.

15 Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

16 Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

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

17 And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.

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

18 Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.

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

19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.

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

20 In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.

Reproach 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.

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

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.

Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.

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

24 Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

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

25 Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.

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

26 Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded,

27 Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.

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

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.

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

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

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

30 I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.

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

31 And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.

And it shall please the LORD better than an ox, [or] a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

32 Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.

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

33 For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.

For the LORD heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.

34 Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

35 For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.

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

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

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