Psalm 69:6-21

New King James Version

⁶Let not those who ^[a]wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
Let not those who seek You be ^[b]confounded because of me, O God of Israel.
⁷Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.
⁸^(A)I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;
⁹^(B)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
^(C)And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
¹⁰When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.
¹¹I also ^[c]made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword to them.
¹²Those who ^[d]sit in the gate speak against me,
And I am the song of the ^(D)drunkards.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You,
O Lord, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.
¹⁴Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.
¹⁵Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

¹⁶Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
¹⁷And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.
¹⁸Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
Deliver me because of my enemies.

¹⁹You know ^(E)my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
My adversaries are all before You.
²⁰Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of ^[e]heaviness;
^(F)I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for ^(G)comforters, but I found none.
²¹They also gave me gall for my food,
^(H)And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.