Psalms 69

1. 1

   [[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.]] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

   Psalms 69:1KJV

2. 2

   I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

   Psalms 69:2KJV

3. 3

   I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

   Psalms 69:3KJV

4. 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.

   Psalms 69:4KJV

5. 5

   O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

   Psalms 69:5KJV

6. 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.

   Psalms 69:6KJV

7. 7

   Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

   Psalms 69:7KJV

8. 8

   I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

   Psalms 69:8KJV

9. 9

   For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

   Psalms 69:9KJV

10. 10

    When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

    Psalms 69:10KJV

11. 11

    I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

    Psalms 69:11KJV

12. 12

    They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

    Psalms 69:12KJV

13. 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.

    Psalms 69:13KJV

14. 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.

    Psalms 69:14KJV

15. 15

    Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

    Psalms 69:15KJV

16. 16

    Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

    Psalms 69:16KJV

17. 17

    And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

    Psalms 69:17KJV

18. 18

    Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

    Psalms 69:18KJV

19. 19

    Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

    Psalms 69:19KJV

20. 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.

    Psalms 69:20KJV

21. 21

    They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

    Psalms 69:21KJV

22. 22

    Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

    Psalms 69:22KJV

23. 23

    Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

    Psalms 69:23KJV

24. 24

    Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

    Psalms 69:24KJV

25. 25

    Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

    Psalms 69:25KJV

26. 26

    For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

    Psalms 69:26KJV

27. 27

    Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

    Psalms 69:27KJV

28. 28

    Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

    Psalms 69:28KJV

29. 29

    But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

    Psalms 69:29KJV

30. 30

    I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

    Psalms 69:30KJV

31. 31

    This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

    Psalms 69:31KJV

32. 32

    The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

    Psalms 69:32KJV

33. 33

    For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

    Psalms 69:33KJV

34. 34

    Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

    Psalms 69:34KJV

35. 35

    For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

    Psalms 69:35KJV

36. 36

    The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

    Psalms 69:36KJV

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