12They who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am become the song of drunkards.
13Yet will I address my prayer to thee, O LORD! May it be in an acceptable time according to thy great goodness! Hear, O God! and afford me thy sure help!
14Save me from the mire, and let me not sink; May I be delivered from my enemies,—from the deep waters!
15Let not the water-flood overflow me; Let not the deep swallow me up, And let not the pit close her mouth upon me!
16Hear me, O LORD! since great is thy loving-kindness; According to the abundance of thy tender mercies look upon me!
17Hide not thy face from thy servant; I am greatly distressed, O make haste to mine aid!
18Draw near to me, and redeem my life; Deliver me because of my enemies!
19Thou knowest my reproach, and dishonor, and shame; All my adversaries are in thy view!
20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I look for pity, but there is none; For comforters, but find none.
21For my food they give me gall, And in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
22May their table be to them a snare; May it be a trap to them, while they are at ease!
23May their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; And cause their loins continually to shake!
24Pour out upon them thine indignation, And may the heat of thine anger overtake them!
25Let their habitation be desolate, And let none dwell in their tents!
26For they persecute those whom thou hast smitten, And talk of the pain of those whom thou hast wounded.
Psalms 69
Psalms 69:12-26