“1 <<To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David.>> Save
me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul. 2 I sink in deep
mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where
the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried:
mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that hate me without a
cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me,
[being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that]
which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins
are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of
hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be
confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. 7 Because for thy sake I have
borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger
unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children. 9 For the zeal
of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that
reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10 When I wept, [and chastened] my
soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 11 I made sackcloth also my
garment; and I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate
speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.”
“13 But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an
acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the
truth of thy salvation. 14 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 waterflood overflow 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 lovingkindness [is] good: turn unto me according to the
multitude of thy tender mercies. 17 And hide not thy face from thy
servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. 18 Draw nigh unto my
soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 19 Thou hast
known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries
[are] all before thee. 20 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 They gave me also gall
for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”
“22 Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should
have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap. 23 Let their
eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to
shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful
anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let
none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute [him] whom thou hast
smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. 27
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
not be written with the righteous. 29 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 song, and will magnify him
with thanksgiving. 31 [This] also shall please the LORD better than an
ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 32 The humble shall see
[this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. 33 For the
LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 34 Let the
heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth
therein. 35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah:
that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. 36 The seed also
of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall
dwell therein.” (Psalm 69:1-36 AV)
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