Psalms 69:1-5

¹For the leader. On shoshannim. Of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are threatening my life.

²I am sunk in depths of mire, where ground there is none. I am come into deep deep waters, the flood overwhelms me.

³I am weary of crying, my throat is parched, my eyes are wasted with waiting for God.

⁴More than the hairs of my head are those who wantonly hate me. More than my bones in number are those who are falsely my foes. That which I never robbed, how am I then to restore?

⁵O God, you know my folly, my guilt is not hidden from you.