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Psalms 69

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Berean Standard Bible

69:1

For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David.

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69:2

Save me, O God; For the waters are come in even unto the soul.

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69:3

I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.

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69:4

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

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69:5

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are many; Should I restore that which I took not away?

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69:6

O God, Thou knowest my folly; And my trespasses are not hid from Thee.

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69:7

Let not them that wait for Thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; Let not those that seek Thee be brought to confusion through me, O God of Israel.

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69:8

Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; Confusion hath covered my face.

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69:9

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

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69:10

Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up, And the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me.

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69:11

And I wept with my soul with fasting, And that became unto me a reproach.

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69:12

I made sackcloth also my garment, And I became a byword unto them.

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69:13

They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards. .

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69:14

But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy, Answer me with the truth of Thy salvation.

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69:15

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.

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69:16

Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

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69:17

Answer me, O LORD, for Thy mercy is good; According to the multitude of Thy compassions turn Thou unto me.

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69:18

And hide not Thy face from Thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

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69:19

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it; Ransom me because of mine enemies.

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69:20

Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; Mine adversaries are all before Thee.

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69:21

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick; And I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

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69:22

Yea, they put poison into my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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69:23

Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

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69:24

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

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69:25

Pour out Thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of Thine anger overtake them.

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69:26

Let their encampment be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.

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69:27

For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten; And they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded.

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69:28

Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into Thy righteousness.

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69:29

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

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69:30

But I am afflicted and in pain; Let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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69:31

I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving. .

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69:32

And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock That hath horns and hoofs.

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69:33

The humble shall see it, and be glad; Ye that seek after God, let your heart revive.

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69:34

For the LORD hearkeneth unto the needy, And despiseth not His prisoners.

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69:35

Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

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69:36

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

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69:37

The seed also of His servants shall inherit it; And they that love His name shall dwell therein.

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