Psalm Chapter 69 (NKJV)
New King James Version
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1. To the Chief Musician. Set the 'The Lilies.' A Psalm of David. Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. | |
2. I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me. | |
3. I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God. | |
4. Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, Being my enemies wrongfully; Though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it. | |
5. O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You. | |
6. Let not those who wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me; Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel. | |
7. Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face. | |
8. I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother's children; | |
9. Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me. | |
10. When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, That became my reproach. | |
11. I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them. | |
12. Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards. | |
13. But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation. | |
14. Deliver me out of the mire, And let me not sink; Let me be delivered from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters. | |
15. Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me. | |
16. Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies. | |
17. And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily. | |
18. Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies. | |
19. You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are all before You. | |
20. Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none. | |
21. They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. | |
22. Let their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a trap. | |
23. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; And make their loins shake continually. | |
24. Pour out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them. | |
25. Let their dwelling place be desolate; Let no one live in their tents. | |
26. For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded. | |
27. Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your 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 Your 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. Image | |
31. This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull, Which has horns and hooves. | |
32. The humble shall see this and be glad; And you who seek God, your hearts shall live. | |
33. For the Lord hears the poor, And does not despise His prisoners. | |
34. Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them. | |
35. For God will save Zion And build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. | |
36. Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who love His name shall dwell in it. |
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