(KJV) Psalm 69¹

⥃The Waters Are up to My Neck

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm²] of David.

[1] Save me, O God; for the waters³ are come in unto [my] soul. [2] I sink⁴ in deep mire⁵, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters⁶, where the floods⁷ overflow me. [3] I am⁸ weary of my crying: my throat⁹ is dried: mine¹⁰ eyes fail while I wait¹¹ for my God. [4] They that hate¹² me without a cause are more than¹³ the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being¹⁴] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I¹⁵ restored [that] which I took not away. [5] O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins¹⁶ are not hid¹⁷ from thee. [6] Let not¹⁸ 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 Israel¹⁹. [7] Because²⁰ for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame²¹ hath covered my face. [8] I am become²² a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien²³ unto my mother’s children. [9] For the zeal²⁴ of thine house hath eaten me up; and the²⁵ reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. [10] When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.²⁶ [11] I made²⁷ sackcloth also my garment; and I became²⁸ a proverb to them. [12] They²⁹ that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was³⁰] the song of the drunkards³¹. [13] But as for me, my prayer³² [is] unto thee, O Lord, [in] an³³ acceptable time: O God, in the³⁴ multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. [14] Deliver³⁵ me out of the mire, and let me³⁶ not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of³⁷ the deep waters. [15] Let not the waterflood³⁸ overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit³⁹ shut her mouth upon me. [16] Hear me, O Lord; for thy⁴⁰ lovingkindness [is] good: turn⁴¹ unto me according⁴² to the multitude of thy tender mercies. [17] And hide⁴³ not thy face from thy servant; for I am⁴⁴ in trouble: hear me speedily⁴⁵. [18] Draw⁴⁶ nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem⁴⁷ it: deliver me because⁴⁸ of mine enemies. [19] Thou hast known my reproach⁴⁹, and my shame, and my dishonour⁵⁰: mine⁵¹ adversaries [are] all before thee. [20] Reproach⁵² hath broken my heart; and I am⁵³ full of heaviness: and I looked⁵⁴ [for some] to take pity⁵⁵, but [there⁵⁶ was] none; and for comforters⁵⁷, but I found none. [21] They gave me also gall for my meat⁵⁸; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar⁵⁹ to drink. [22] Let their table⁶⁰ become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap⁶¹. [23] Let their eyes⁶² be darkened, that they see not; and make their⁶³ loins continually to shake. [24] Pour⁶⁴ out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take⁶⁵ hold of them. [25] Let their⁶⁶ habitation⁶⁷ be desolate; [and] let none dwell⁶⁸ in their tents. [26] For⁶⁹ they persecute [him] whom⁷⁰ thou hast smitten; and they talk⁷¹ to the grief of those⁷² whom thou hast wounded. [27] Add⁷³ iniquity⁷⁴ unto their iniquity: and let them⁷⁵ not come into thy righteousness. [28] Let them be blotted⁷⁶ out of the book of the living, and not be written⁷⁷ with the righteous. [29] But I [am] poor⁷⁸ and sorrowful: let thy⁷⁹ salvation, O God, set me up on high. [30] I will⁸⁰ praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify⁸¹ him with thanksgiving. [31] [This] also shall⁸² please the Lord better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs. [32] The humble⁸³ shall see [this], [and] be glad: and your heart⁸⁴ shall live that seek God. [33] For the Lord⁸⁵ heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners⁸⁶. [34] Let⁸⁷ the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth⁸⁸ therein. [35] For God⁸⁹ will save Zion, and will build⁹⁰ the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. [36] The seed⁹¹ also of his servants shall inherit it: and they⁹² that love his name shall dwell therein.