Psalms 69
New International Version - Psalms 69 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 69:1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. 69:2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. 69:3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. 69:4 Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal. 69:5 You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you. 69:6 May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O Lord, the Lord Almighty; may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel. 69:7 For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face. 69:8 I am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother's sons; 69:9 for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me. 69:10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn; 69:11 when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me. 69:12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards. 69:13 But I pray to you, O Lord , in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation. 69:14 Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters. 69:15 Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me. 69:16 Answer me, O Lord , out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me. 69:17 Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble. 69:18 Come near and rescue me; redeem me because of my foes. 69:19 You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you. 69:20 Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none. 69:21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst. 69:22 May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap. 69:23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. 69:24 Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them. 69:25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents. 69:26 For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt. 69:27 Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation. 69:28 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous. 69:29 I am in pain and distress; may your salvation, O God, protect me. 69:30 I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. 69:31 This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs. 69:32 The poor will see and be glad- you who seek God, may your hearts live! 69:33 The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people. 69:34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them, 69:35 for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it; 69:36 the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.