Psalm 69

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1 (68-1) ^^ To the chief Musician. On Shoshannime. A Psalm of David. ^^ (68-2) Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to the soul [my].
2 (68-3) I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I come into deep waters, and the rapid overflow me.
3 (68-4) I am weary of my crying, my throat is dried, mine eyes from my expectations of God [my].
4 (68-5), who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; my enemies chasing me wrongfully, are mighty; What I took away, you have to give.
5 (68-6) O God! You know my folly, and my sins are not hid from thee.
6 (68-7) Do not be ashamed of me, wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts. Do not be ashamed seek thee, O God of Israel to me,
7 (68-8) for the sake of Thee I have borne reproach, and shame covers my face.
8 (68-9) I become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother,
9 (68-10) For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me;
10 (68-11), and crying, my soul with fasting, and it was to my reproach;
eleven (68-12) and I lay on instead garments of sackcloth, --and I became a proverb to them;
12 (68-13) to interpret me sit in the gate, and the song of the drunkards.

13 (68-14) And me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord; in an acceptable time, O God, according to thy great goodness, hear me in the truth of thy salvation;
14 (68-15) me out of the mire, and let me not sink; so I get rid of those who hate me and from the deep waters;
15 (68-16), neither let me desire of water, but do not swallow me up, let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 (68-17) Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is good; according to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn to me;
17 (68-18) do not hide thy face from thy servant, for I am afflicted; answer me speedily;
18 (68-19) Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it; for the sake of my enemies rescue me.
19 (68-20) You know my reproach, my shame, and my shame: my enemies are all before thee.
20 (68-21) Reproach hath broken my heart, and I fainted, waiting for compassion, but there was none --uteshiteley, but I found none.
21 (68-22) And they gave me gall to eat, and in thirst my gave me drink vinegar.

22 (68-23) Let their table be it network, and feast their peaceful - West;
23 (68-24) but their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins;
24 (68-25) Pour out thy fury upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger obymet them;
25 (68-26) their habitation be desolate, and let there be no people living in tents,
26 (68-27) for whom you have struck, they [still] persecute stung multiply thee.
27 (68-28) Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness;
28 (68-29) but they are erased from the book of the living and the righteous but not write.
29 (68-30) And I am poor and suffering; Your help, God, let me raise.

thirty (68-31) I will praise the name of God, [my] a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving,
31 (68-32), and will please the LORD better than an ox, than a bullock with horns and hoofs.
32 (68-33) will see [it], and rejoice in the suffering. And your heart shall live that seek God,
33 (68-34) for the LORD hears the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34 (68-35) praise him heaven and earth, the sea and everything that moves in them;
35 (68-36) For God will save Zion, will build the cities of Judah, and dwell there, and inherit it,
36 (68-37), and the offspring of his servants shall him and love his name shall dwell therein.

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