Psalms 69:12-23

¹²Those who sit in the city gate talk about me; I am a song of drunkards.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, at a time that you will accept; answer me in the trustworthiness of your salvation.

¹⁴Pull me out of the mire, and do not let me sink; let me be taken away from those who hate me and rescued out of the deep waters.

¹⁵Do not let the floods of water overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.

¹⁶Answer me, Yahweh, for your covenant faithfulness is good; because your mercies for me are many, turn to me.

¹⁷Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress; answer me quickly.

¹⁸Come to me and redeem me. Because of my enemies, ransom me.

¹⁹You know my rebuke, my shame, and my dishonor; my adversaries are all before you.

²⁰Rebuke has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; I looked for comforters, but I found none.

²¹They gave me poison for my food; in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²²Let their table before them become a snare; when they think they are in safety, let it become a trap.

²³Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see; and always make their loins shake.