69 Save
me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I
sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters,
where the floods overflow me. 3 I
am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait
for my God. 4 They
that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they
that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then
I restored that which I took not away. 5 O
God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. 6 Let
not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake:
let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. 7 Because
for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 8 I
am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For
the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that
reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10 When
I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 11 I
made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 12 They
that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. 13 But
as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God,
in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 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. 15 Let
not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and
let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Hear
me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to
the multitude of thy tender mercies. 17 And
hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
18
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 19 Thou
hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries
are all before thee. 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. 21 They
gave me also gall for my meat; 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 welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let
their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually
to shake. 24 Pour
out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of
them. 25 Let
their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. 26 For
they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of
those whom thou hast wounded. 27 Add
iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. 28 Let
them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the
righteous. 29 But
I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 30 I will
praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 31 This
also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns
and hoofs. 32 The
humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek
God. 33 For
the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 34 Let
the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. 35 For
God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell
there, and have it in possession. 36 The
seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name
shall dwell therein.