Psalms 69
69
PSALM 69
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim,
A Psalm of David.
1Save me, O God, because the floods
do so environ me,
That ev'n unto my very soul
come in the waters be.
2I downward in deep mire do sink,
where standing there is none:
I am into deep waters come,
where floods have o'er me gone.
3I weary with my crying am,
my throat is also dry'd;
Mine eyes do fail, while for my God
I waiting do abide.
4Those men that do without a cause
bear hatred unto me,
Than are the hairs upon my head
in number more they be:
They that would me destroy, and are
mine en'mies wrongfully,
Are mighty: so what I took not,
to render forc'd was I.
5Lord, thou my folly know'st, my sins
not cover'd are from thee.
6Let none that wait on thee be sham'd,
Lord God of hosts, for me.
O Lord, the God of Israel,
let none, who search do make,
And seek thee, be at any time
confounded for my sake.
7For I have borne reproach for thee,
my face is hid with shame.
8To brethren strange, to mother's sons
an alien I became.
9Because the zeal did eat me up,
which to thine house I bear;
And the reproaches cast at thee,
upon me fallen are.
10My tears and fasts, t' afflict my soul,
were turned to my shame.
11When sackcloth I did wear, to them
a proverb I became.
12The men that in the gate do sit
against me evil spake;
They also that vile drunkards were
of me their song did make.
13But, in an acceptable time,
my pray'r, Lord, is to thee:
In truth of thy salvation, Lord,
and mercy great, hear me.
14Deliver me out of the mire,
from sinking do me keep;
Free me from those that do me hate,
and from the waters deep.
15Let not the flood on me prevail,
whose water overflows;
Nor deep me swallow, nor the pit
her mouth upon me close.
16Hear me, O Lord, because thy love
and kindness is most good;
Turn unto me, according to
thy mercies' multitude.
17Nor from thy servant hide thy face:
I'm troubled, soon attend.
18Draw near my soul, and it redeem;
me from my foes defend.
19To thee is my reproach well known,
my shame, and my disgrace:
Those that mine adversaries be
are all before thy face.
20Reproach hath broke my heart; I'm full
of grief: I look'd for one
To pity me, but none I found;
comforters found I none.
21They also bitter gall did give
unto me for my meat:
They gave me vinegar to drink,
when as my thirst was great.
22Before them let their table prove
a snare; and do thou make
Their welfare and prosperity
a trap themselves to take.
23Let thou their eyes so darken'd be,
that sight may them forsake;
And let their loins be made by thee
continually to shake.
24Thy fury pour thou out on them,
and indignation;
And let thy wrathful anger, Lord,
fast hold take them upon.
25All waste and desolate let be
their habitation;
And in their tabernacles all
inhabitants be none.
26Because him they do persecute,
whom thou didst smite before;
They talk unto the grief of those
whom thou hast wounded sore.
27Add thou iniquity unto
their former wickedness;
And do not let them come at all
into thy righteousness.
28Out of the book of life let them
be raz'd and blotted quite;
Among the just and righteous
let not their names be writ.
29But now become exceeding poor
and sorrowful am I:
By thy salvation, O my God,
let me be set on high.
30The name of God I with a song
most cheerfully will praise;
And I, in giving thanks to him,
his name shall highly raise.
31This to the Lord a sacrifice
more gracious shall prove
Than bullock, ox, or any beast
that hath both horn and hoof.
32When this the humble men shall see,
it joy to them shall give:
O all ye that do seek the Lord,
your hearts shall ever live.
33For God the poor hears, and will not
his prisoners contemn.
34Let heav'n, and earth, and seas, him praise,
and all that move in them.
35For God will Judah's cities build,
and he will Sion save,
That they may dwell therein,
and it in sure possession have.
36And they that are his servants' seed
inherit shall the same;
So shall they have their dwelling there
that love his blessed name.
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Psalm 69
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To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.
1Save me, O God;
For the waters are come in unto my soul.
2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing:
I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried:
Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4They 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.
5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.
6Let 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.
7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;
Shame hath covered my face.
8I am become a stranger unto my brethren,
And an alien unto my mother's children.
9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;
And the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,
That was to my reproach.
11I made sackcloth also my garment;
And I became a proverb to them.
12They that sit in the gate speak against me;
And I was the song of the drunkards.
13But 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.
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.
15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up,
And let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good:
Turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in trouble:
Hear me speedily.
18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:
Deliver me because of mine enemies.
19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour:
Mine adversaries are all before thee.
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.
21They gave me also gall for my meat;
And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22Let their table become a snare before them:
And that which should have been for their welfare,
let it become a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not;
And make their loins continually to shake.
24Pour out thine indignation upon them,
And let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25Let their habitation be desolate;
And let none dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten;
And they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27Add iniquity unto their iniquity:
And let them not come into thy righteousness.
28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
And not be written with the righteous.
29But I am poor and sorrowful:
Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30I 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.
32The humble shall see this, and be glad:
And your heart shall live that seek God.
33For the LORD heareth the poor,
And despiseth not his prisoners.
34Let the heaven and earth praise him,
The seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah:
That they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
36The seed also of his servants shall inherit it:
And they that love his name shall dwell therein.
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