ASV Psalms Chapter 69
For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshanim. A Psalm of David. 69:1 Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul. 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 69:3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore. 69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee. 69:6 Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. 69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face. 69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children. 69:9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me. 69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach. 69:11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them. 69:12 They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards. 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation. 69:14 Deliver 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. 69:15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me. 69:16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me. 69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily. 69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies. 69:19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee. 69:20 Reproach 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. 69:21 They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 69:22 Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap. 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake. 69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them. 69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents. 69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded. 69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness. 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous. 69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving. 69:31 And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 69:32 The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live. 69:33 For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners. 69:34 Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein. 69:35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession. 69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein.