For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for
alternate [strains]. 69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to
my soul.
69:2 I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to
the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.
69:3 I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have
failed by my waiting on my God.
69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head:
my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored
that which I took not away.
69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my transgressions are not
hidden from thee.
69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my
account: let not them that seek thee, be ashamed on my account, O God of
Israel.
69:7 or I have suffered reproach for thy sake; shame has covered my face.
69:8 I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's
children.
69:9 For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them
that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
69:10 And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.
69:11 And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to
them.
69:12 They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine
sang against me.
69:13 But I [will cry] to thee, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a
propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy
salvation.
69:14 Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: let me be delivered
from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.
69:15 Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up;
neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.
69:16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: according to the multitude of
thy compassions look upon me.
69:17 And turn not away thy face from thy servant; for I am afflicted: hear
me speedily.
69:18 Draw nigh to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine
enemies.
69:19 For thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that
afflict me are before thee.
69:20 My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to
grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found
none.
69:21 They gave [me] also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my
thirst.
69:22 Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and
for a stumbling-block.
69:23 Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down
their back continually.
69:24 Pour out thy wrath upon them, and let the fury of thine anger take
hold on them.
69:25 Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant
in their tents:
69:26 Because they persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have
added to the grief of my wounds.
69:27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into thy
righteousness.
69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be
written with the righteous.
69:29 I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of thy countenance has
helped me.
69:30 I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with
praise;
69:31 and [this] shall please God more than a young calf having horns and
hoofs.
69:32 Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall
live.
69:33 For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nought his fettered
ones.
69:34 Let the heavens and the earth raise him, the sea, and all things
moving in them.
69:35 For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and
[men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.
69:36 And the seed of his servants shall possess it, and they that love his
name shall dwell therein. |
To chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A [Psalm]
of David. 69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep
waters, where the floods overflow me.
69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I
wait for my God.
69:4 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.
69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
69:6 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.
69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's
children.
69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of
them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my
reproach.
69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the
drunkards.
69:13 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.
69:14 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.
69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me
up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me
speedily.
69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine
enemies.
69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine
adversaries are all before thee.
69:20 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.
69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me
vinegar to drink.
69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have
been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins
continually to shake.
69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take
hold of them.
69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the
grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy
righteousness.
69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written
with the righteous.
69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on
high.
69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with
thanksgiving.
69:31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath
horns and hoofs.
69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that
seek God.
69:33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that
moveth therein.
69:35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they
may dwell there, and have it in possession.
69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his
name shall dwell therein. |