Psalm 69:1-17

New King James Version

An Urgent Plea for Help in Trouble

To the Chief Musician. Set to ^[a]“The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.

69 Save me, O God!
For ^(A)the waters have come up to my ^[b]neck.
²^(B)I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.
³^(C)I am weary with my crying;
My throat is dry;
^(D)My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁴Those who ^(E)hate me without a cause
Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.

⁵O God, You know my foolishness;
And my sins are not hidden from You.
⁶Let not those who ^[c]wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
Let not those who seek You be ^[d]confounded because of me, O God of Israel.
⁷Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.
⁸^(F)I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;
⁹^(G)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
^(H)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 ^[e]made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword to them.
¹²Those who ^[f]sit in the gate speak against me,
And I am the song of the ^(I)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.

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