Psalms - Chapter 69 | New International Version

  • 1. {For the director of music. To the tune of "Lilies." Of David.} Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
  • 2. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
  • 3. I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
  • 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.
  • 5. You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you.
  • 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.
  • 7. For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.
  • 8. I am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother's sons;
  • 9. for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
  • 10. When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
  • 11. when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.
  • 12. Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
  • 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.
  • 14. Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
  • 15. Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.
  • 16. Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.
  • 17. Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
  • 18. Come near and rescue me; redeem me because of my foes.
  • 19. You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.
  • 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.
  • 21. They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
  • 22. May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.
  • 23. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
  • 24. Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.
  • 25. May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
  • 26. For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
  • 27. Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.
  • 28. May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.
  • 29. I am in pain and distress; may your salvation, O God, protect me.
  • 30. I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.
  • 31. This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs.
  • 32. The poor will see and be glad-- you who seek God, may your hearts live!
  • 33. The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
  • 34. Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,
  • 35. for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;
  • 36. the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
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