Psalm 69:1-18

21st Century King James Version

69 Save me, O God, for the waters have come in unto my soul.

² I sink into deep mire where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters where the floods overflow me.

³ I am weary of my crying, my throat is dry; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁴ They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty. Then I was made to restore that which I took not away.

⁵ O God, Thou knowest my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from Thee.

⁶ Let not them that wait on Thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake, let not those that seek Thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel,

⁷ because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

⁸ I have become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

⁹ For the zeal for Thine house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproached Thee have fallen upon me.

¹⁰ When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, that was turned to my reproach.

¹¹ I also made sackcloth my garment, and I became a proverb to them.

¹² They that sit at the gate speak against me, and I have become the song of the drunkards.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer is unto Thee: O Lord, in an acceptable time, O God, in the multitude of Thy mercy hear me in the truth of Thy salvation.

¹⁴ Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me and out of the deep waters.

¹⁵ Let not the floodwater overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

¹⁶ Hear me, O Lord, for Thy lovingkindness is good; turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies.

¹⁷ And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, for I am in trouble; hear me speedily.

¹⁸ Draw nigh unto my soul and redeem it; deliver me because of mine enemies.