Psalm 69:5-15

New King James Version

⁵ O God, You know my foolishness;
And my sins are not hidden from You.
⁶ Let 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.
⁷ Because 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.
¹⁰ When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.
¹¹ I also ^[c]made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword to them.
¹² Those who ^[d]sit in the gate speak against me,
And I am the song of the ^(D)drunkards.

¹³ But 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.
¹⁴ Deliver 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.
¹⁵ Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.