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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Psalms 69
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Psalm 69
To the Overcomer upon Shoshannim (lilies), A Psalm of David.
1¶ Save 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; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4Those that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; those that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty; then I restored that which I did not take away.
5O God, thou knowest my foolishness, and my guiltiness is not hid from thee.
6Do not let those that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of the hosts, be ashamed for my sake; do not let those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.
8I am become a stranger unto my brethren and an alien unto my mother’s sons.
9For the zeal of thy house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10When I wept with fasting of my soul, thou hast been a reproach unto me.
11I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a proverb to them.
12They that sat in the gate spoke against me, and I was the song of the drunkards.
13¶ But I corrected my prayer unto thee, O Lord, in the time of thy good pleasure; O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy saving health.
14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not drown; let me be delivered from those that hate me and out of the deep waters.
15Let not the violent force of the waters overcome me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is perceptible, look upon me according to the multitude of thy acts of compassion
17And hide not thy face from thy slave, for I am in trouble; hear me speedily.
18Draw near unto my soul and redeem it; deliver me because of my enemies.
19Thou hast known my reproach and my shame and my dishonour; my adversaries are all before thee.
20Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness, and I looked for some to take pity, but there was no one, and for comforters, but I found none.
21They also gave me gall for my food; 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 prosperity, let it become a stumbling block.
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 palace be desolate, and let no one dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and they boast that thou hast slain their enemies.
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 saving health, O God, set me up on high.
30¶ I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify him with praises.
31 This also shall please the Lord better than the sacrifice of an ox or bullock that struggles with horns and hoofs.
32The humble shall see this and be glad; seek God and thy heart shall live.
33For the Lord hears the destitute and does not despise his prisoners.
34Let the heavens and the earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moves in them.
35For God will protect Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah; they shall dwell there and inherit it.
36The seed of his slaves shall inherit it, and those that love his name shall dwell therein.
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