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According to">a</a></span> “The Lilies”. Davidic.</p><p class="heading">When God Seems Distant</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Deliver me, God,</p> <p class="poetry2">because the waters are up to my neck.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="69:1 Lit. soul">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I am sinking in deep mire,</p> <p class="poetry2">and there is no solid ground.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="69:2 Or foothold">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">I have come into deep water,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the flood overwhelms me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I am exhausted from calling for help.</p> <p class="poetry2">My throat is parched.</p> <p class="poetry2">My eyes are strained from looking for God.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Those who hate me without cause</p> <p class="poetry2">are more than the hairs of my head.</p> <p class="poetry2">My persecutors are mighty,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they want to destroy me.</p> <p class="poetry2">Must I be forced to return what I did not steal?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>God, you know my sins,</p> <p class="poetry2">and my guilt is not hidden from you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not let those who look up to you be ashamed</p> <p class="poetry2">because of me,</p> <p class="poetry2">Lord God of the Heavenly Armies.</p> <p class="poetry2">Let not those who seek you be humiliated</p> <p class="poetry2">because of me,</p> <p class="poetry2">God of Israel.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I am being mocked because of you.</p> <p class="poetry2">Dishonor overwhelms me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I am a stranger to my brothers,</p> <p class="poetry2">a foreigner to my mother’s sons.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Zeal for your house consumes me,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the mockeries of those who insult you fall on me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I weep and fast,</p> <p class="poetry2">and I am mocked for it.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When I dressed in sackcloth,</p> <p class="poetry2">I became an object of gossip among them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The prominent people mock me,</p> <p class="poetry2">composing drinking songs.</p> <p class="heading">Seeking God for Deliverance</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>As for me, LORD, may my prayer to you come at a favorable time.</p> <p class="poetry2">God, in the abundance of your gracious love,</p> <p class="poetry2">answer me with your sure deliverance.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Rescue me from the mud</p> <p class="poetry2">and do not let me sink.</p> <p class="poetry2">Rescue me from those who hate me,</p> <p class="poetry2">and from the deep waters.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Let neither the floodwaters overwhelm me</p> <p class="poetry2">nor let the deep swallow me up,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor the mouth of the well close over me.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Answer me, LORD, for your gracious love is good;</p> <p class="poetry2">Turn to me in keeping with your great compassion,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="69:17 So MT; DSS 4QPs lack and ">d</a></span> do not ignore your servant,</p> <p class="poetry2">because I am in distress.</p> <p class="poetry2">Hurry to answer me!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Draw near and redeem me;</p> <p class="poetry2">ransom me because of my enemies.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Truly you know my reproach, shame, and disgrace.</p> <p class="poetry2">All my enemies are known to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="69:19 Lit. are before">e</a></span> you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Insults broke my heart.</p> <p class="poetry2">I despaired and looked for sympathy;</p> <p class="poetry2">but there was none,</p> <p class="poetry2">for comforters, but I found none.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They put poison in my food,</p> <p class="poetry2">in my thirst they forced me to drink vinegar.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>May their dining<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="69:22 The Heb. lacks dining">f</a></span> tables entrap them,</p> <p class="poetry2">and become a snare for their allies.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>May their eyes be blinded</p> <p class="poetry2">and may their bodies tremble continuously.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>May you pour out your fury on them.</p> <p class="poetry2">May your burning anger overtake them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>May their camp become desolate</p> <p class="poetry2">and their tents remain unoccupied.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For they persecute those whom you have struck,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they brag about the pain of those you have wounded.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>May you punish them for their crimes;</p> <p class="poetry2">may they receive no verdict of innocence<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="69:27 Lit. no righteousness">g</a></span> from you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>May they be erased from the Book of Life,</p> <p class="poetry2">and their names not be written with the righteous.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>As for me, I am afflicted and hurting;</p> <p class="poetry2">may your deliverance, God, establish me on high.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Let me praise the name of God with a song</p> <p class="poetry2">that I may magnify him with thanksgiving.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>That will please the LORD</p> <p class="poetry2">more than oxen and bulls with horns and hooves.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The afflicted will watch and rejoice.</p> <p class="poetry2">May you who seek God take courage.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>For the LORD listens to the needy</p> <p class="poetry2">and doesn’t despise those in bondage.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Let the heavens and earth praise him,</p> <p class="poetry2">along with the sea and its swarming creatures.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="69:34 The Heb. lacks creatures">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For God will deliver Zion</p> <p class="poetry2">and will rebuild the cities of Judah</p> <p class="poetry2">so they may live there and possess them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>The descendants of his servants will inherit it,</p> <p class="poetry2">and those who cherish his name will live there.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 69:T Lit. <i>According to</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 69:1 Lit. <i>soul</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 69:2 Or <i>foothold</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 69:17 So MT; DSS 4QPs lack <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 69:19 Lit. <i>are before</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 69:22 The Heb. lacks <i>dining</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 69:27 Lit. <i>no righteousness</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 69:34 The Heb. lacks <i>creatures</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div 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