Psalm 69 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

A Cry of Distress and Imprecation on Adversaries.

Psa 69:1To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.

Psa 69:2

Psa 69:2I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

Psa 69:3

Psa 69:3I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.

Psa 69:4

Psa 69:4More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?

Psa 69:5

Psa 69:5O God, thou knowest my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from thee.

Psa 69:6

Psa 69:6Let not those who hope in thee be put to shame through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

Psa 69:7

Psa 69:7For it is for thy sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face.

Psa 69:8

Psa 69:8I have become a stranger to my brethren, an alien to my mother's sons.

Psa 69:9

Psa 69:9For zeal for thy house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.

Psa 69:10

Psa 69:10When I humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.

Psa 69:11

Psa 69:11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

Psa 69:12

Psa 69:12I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.

Psa 69:13

Psa 69:13But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O LORD. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy steadfast love answer me. With thy faithful help

Psa 69:14

Psa 69:14rescue me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.

Psa 69:15

Psa 69:15Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.

Psa 69:16

Psa 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for thy steadfast love is good; according to thy abundant mercy, turn to me.

Psa 69:17

Psa 69:17Hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress, make haste to answer me.

Psa 69:18

Psa 69:18Draw near to me, redeem me, set me free because of my enemies!

Psa 69:19

Psa 69:19Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor; my foes are all known to thee.

Psa 69:20

Psa 69:20Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Psa 69:21

Psa 69:21They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psa 69:22

Psa 69:22Let their own table before them become a snare; let their sacrificial feasts be a trap.

Psa 69:23

Psa 69:23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; and make their loins tremble continually.

Psa 69:24

Psa 69:24Pour out thy indignation upon them, and let thy burning anger overtake them.

Psa 69:25

Psa 69:25May their camp be a desolation, let no one dwell in their tents.

Psa 69:26

Psa 69:26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and him whom thou hast wounded, they afflict still more.

Psa 69:27

Psa 69:27Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from thee.

Psa 69:28

Psa 69:28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.

Psa 69:29

Psa 69:29But I am afflicted and in pain; let thy salvation, O God, set me on high!

Psa 69:30

Psa 69:30I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Psa 69:31

Psa 69:31This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.

Psa 69:32

Psa 69:32Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

Psa 69:33

Psa 69:33For the LORD hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds.

Psa 69:34

Psa 69:34Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves therein.

Psa 69:35

Psa 69:35For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and his servants shall dwell there and possess it;

Psa 69:36

Psa 69:36the children of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

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Psalm 69 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

A Cry of Distress and Imprecation on Adversaries.

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