Psalms 69
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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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Psalms 69
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Psalm 69
A Plea for Rescue
For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.”#Ps 45; 60; 80 Of David.
1Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.#Jb 22:11; Ps 32:6; Jnh 2:5
2I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep water,
and a flood sweeps over me.#Ps 40:2; 124:4; Jnh 2:3
3I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.#Ps 6:6; 38:10; 119:82,123
4Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.#Ps 38:19
Though I did not steal, I must repay.#Lv 6:2–5; Ps 35:19; Jn 15:25
5God, you know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.#Ps 38:5; 44:21
6Do not let those who put their hope in you
be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Armies;
do not let those who seek you
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.#Ps 25:2–3
7For I have endured insults because of you,
and shame has covered my face.#Ps 44:15; Is 50:6; Jr 51:51
8I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons#Jb 19:13–14; Ps 31:11; 38:11
9because zeal for your house has consumed me,#Jn 2:17
and the insults of those who insult you
have fallen on me.#Ps 89:50; Rm 15:3
10I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults.#Ps 35:13; 109:24–25
11I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.
12Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me.#Jb 17:6; 30:9; Ps 44:14; Jr 24:9
13But as for me, Lord,
my prayer to you is for a time of favor.
In your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with your sure salvation.#Ps 109:4; Is 49:8; 2Co 6:2
14Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep water.#Ps 144:7
15Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.#Nm 16:33; Ps 55:23
16Answer me, Lord,
for your faithful love is good.
In keeping with your abundant compassion,
turn to me.#Ps 25:16; 109:21
17Don’t hide your face from your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly!#Ps 27:9; 102:2
18Come near to me and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.#Ps 119:134
19You know the insults I endure —
my shame and disgrace.
You are aware of all my adversaries.#Jr 15:15
20Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.#Ps 142:4; Is 63:5
21Instead, they gave me gall for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.#Mt 27:34,48; Jn 19:29
22Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies.#Ps 35:4–8; Rm 11:9–10; 1Th 5:3
23Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
and let their hips continually quake.#Is 6:10; Ezk 29:7; Dn 5:6
24Pour out your rage on them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.#Ps 79:6; Ezk 21:31; Zph 3:8
25Make their fortification desolate;
may no one live in their tents.#Mt 23:38; Lk 13:35; Ac 1:20
26For they persecute the one you struck
and talk about the pain of those you wounded.#2Ch 28:9; Is 53:4; Zch 1:15
27Charge them with crime on top of crime;
do not let them share in your righteousness.#Neh 4:5; Ps 109:14
28Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.#Ex 32:32; Dn 12:1; Rv 3:5
29But as for me — poor and in pain —
let your salvation protect me, God.#Ps 20:1; 70:5
30I will praise God’s name with song
and exalt him with thanksgiving.#Ps 100:4; 107:22
31That will please the Lord more than an ox,
more than a bull with horns and hooves.#Ps 50:13–14; 51:16
32The humble will see it and rejoice.
You who seek God, take heart!#Ps 22:26; 34:2
33For the Lord listens to the needy
and does not despise
his own who are prisoners.#Ps 12:5; 68:6; 146:7
34Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and everything that moves in them,#Ps 96:11; Is 44:23; 49:13
35for God will save Zion
and build up#69:35 Or and rebuild the cities of Judah.
They will live there and possess it.#Ps 147:2; Is 44:26
36The descendants of his servants will inherit it,
and those who love his name will live in it.#Ps 102:28; Is 65:9
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