Psalms 69 · Clearspring

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

The Waters Are up to My Neck

¹To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David. Save me, OGod; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.+ ²I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.+ ³I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for myGod.+ ⁴They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.+ ⁵Thou, OGod, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.+ ⁶Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, OGod of Israel.+ ⁷Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.+ ⁸I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;+ ⁹For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.+ ¹⁰And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; —+ ¹¹And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.+ ¹²They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.+ ¹³But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: OGod, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:+ ¹⁴Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.+ ¹⁵Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.+ ¹⁶Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;+ ¹⁷And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.+ ¹⁸Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.+ ¹⁹Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.+ ²⁰Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.+ ²¹Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.+ ²²Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;+ ²³Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.+ ²⁴Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.+ ²⁵Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.+ ²⁶For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.+ ²⁷Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.+ ²⁸Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.+ ²⁹But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, OGod, set me secure on high.+ ³⁰I will praise the name ofGod with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving;+ ³¹And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, — a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.+ ³²The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seekGod, your heart shall live.+ ³³For Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.+ ³⁴Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.+ ³⁵ForGod will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:+ ³⁶And the seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.+

The Waters Are up to My Neck

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