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[A Psalm] of David.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>Save me, O God;</div><div class="po2">For the waters are come in even unto the soul.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing;</div><div class="po2">I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried;</div><div class="po2">Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;</div><div class="po2">They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are many;</div><div class="po2">Should I restore that which I took not away?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>O God, Thou knowest my folly;</div><div class="po2">And my trespasses are not hid from Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Let not them that wait for Thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts;</div><div class="po2">Let not those that seek Thee be brought to confusion through me, O God of Israel.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach;</div><div class="po2">Confusion hath covered my face.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I am become a stranger unto my brethren,</div><div class="po2">And an alien unto my mother’s children.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up,</div><div class="po2">And the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And I wept with my soul with fasting,</div><div class="po2">And that became unto me a reproach.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I made sackcloth also my garment,</div><div class="po2">And I became a byword unto them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They that sit in the gate talk of me;</div><div class="po2">And I am the song of the drunkards.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time;</div><div class="po2">O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy,</div><div class="po2">Answer me with the truth of Thy salvation.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink;</div><div class="po2">Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Let not the waterflood overwhelm me,</div><div class="po2">Neither let the deep swallow me up;</div><div class="po2">And let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Answer me, O LORD, for Thy mercy is good;</div><div class="po2">According to the multitude of Thy compassions turn Thou unto me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And hide not Thy face from Thy servant;</div><div class="po2">For I am in distress; answer me speedily.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-18.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it;</div><div class="po2">Ransom me because of mine enemies.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-19.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion;</div><div class="po2">Mine adversaries are all before Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-20.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick;</div><div class="po2">And I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none;</div><div class="po2">And for comforters, but I found none.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-21.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Yea, they put poison into my food;</div><div class="po2">And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-22.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Let their table before them become a snare;</div><div class="po2">And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-23.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not;</div><div class="po2">And make their loins continually to totter.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-24.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Pour out Thine indignation upon them,</div><div class="po2">And let the fierceness of Thine anger overtake them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-25.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Let their encampment be desolate;</div><div class="po2">Let none dwell in their tents.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-26.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten;</div><div class="po2">And they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-27.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Add iniquity unto their iniquity;</div><div class="po2">And let them not come into Thy righteousness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-28.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,</div><div class="po2">And not be written with the righteous.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-29.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But I am afflicted and in pain;</div><div class="po2">Let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-30.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>I will praise the name of God with a song,</div><div class="po2">And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-31.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock</div><div class="po2">That hath horns and hoofs.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-32.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The humble shall see it, and be glad;</div><div class="po2">Ye that seek after God, let your heart revive.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-33.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For the LORD hearkeneth unto the needy,</div><div class="po2">And despiseth not His prisoners.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-34.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Let heaven and earth praise Him,</div><div class="po2">The seas, and every thing that moveth therein.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-35.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah;</div><div class="po2">And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-36.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>The seed also of His servants shall inherit it;</div><div class="po2">And they that love His name shall dwell therein.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication 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