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To the tune “Lilies.”)</h3><h3 class="s1">God Can Be Trusted</h3>1Save me, God!I am about to drown.2I am sinking deep in the mud,and my feet are slipping.I am about to be swept underby a mighty flood.3I am worn out from crying,and my throat is dry.I have waited for youtill my eyes are blurred.4<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> There are more peoplewho hate me for no reasonthan there are hairson my head.Many terrible enemieswant to destroy me, God.Am I supposed to give backsomething I didn't steal?5You know my foolish sins.Not one is hidden from you.6Lord God All-Powerful,ruler of Israel,don't let me embarrass anyonewho trusts and worships you.7It is for your sake alonethat I am insultedand blush with shame.8I am like a strangerto my relativesand like a foreignerto my own family.9<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> My love for your houseburns in me like a fire,and when others insult you,they insulted me as well.10I cried and went without food,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> but they still insulted me.11They sneered at mefor wearing sackcloth<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> to show my sorrow.12Rulers and judges gossipabout me,and drunkards make up songsto mock me.13But I pray to you, Lord.So when the time is right,answer me and help mewith your wonderful love.14Don't let me sink in the mud,but save me from my enemiesand from the deep water.15Don't let me beswept away by a floodor drowned in the oceanor swallowed by death.16Answer me, Lord!You are kind and good.Pay attention to me!You are truly merciful.17Don't turn away from me.I am your servant,and I am in trouble.Please hurry and help!18Come and save mefrom my enemies.19You know how I am insulted,mocked, and disgraced;you know every oneof my enemies.20I am crushed by insults,and I feel sick.I had hoped for mercy and pity,but there was none.21<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Enemies poisoned my food,and when I was thirsty,they gave me vinegar.22<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Make their table a trapfor them and their friends.23Blind them with darknessand make them tremble.24Show them how angry you are!Be furious and catch them.25<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Destroy their campand don't let anyone livein their tents.26They cause trouble for peopleyou have already punished;their gossip hurts thoseyou have wounded.27Make them guiltier than everand don't forgive them.28<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.28!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Wipe their names from the bookof the living;remove them from the listof the innocent.29I am mistreated and in pain.Protect me, God,and keep me safe!30I will praise the Lord Godwith a songand a thankful heart.31This will please the Lordbetter than offering an oxor a full-grown bull.32When those in need see this,they will be happy,and the Lord's worshiperswill be encouraged.33The Lord will listenwhen the homeless cry out,and he will never forgethis people in prison.34Heaven and earthwill praise our God,and so will the oceansand everything in them.35God will rescue Jerusalem,and he will rebuildthe towns of Judah.His people will live thereon their own land,36and when the time comes,their children will inheritthe land.Then everyone who loves Godwill also settle there.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">69.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">went without food: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 35.13.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">69.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sackcloth: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 30.11.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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