Psalms 69:1-12

¹To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

²I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

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

⁴They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

⁵Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.

⁶Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

⁷Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

⁸I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;

⁹For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

¹⁰And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; —

¹¹And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

¹²They that sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.