Psalms 69:2-22

²I sink in deep mire, where there is no place to stand; I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me.

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

⁴Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs on my head; those who would cut me off, being my enemies for wrong reasons, are mighty; what I did not steal, I have to give back.

⁵God, you know my foolishness, and my sins are not hidden from you.

⁶Let not those who hope in you be put to shame because of me, Lord Yahweh of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor because of me, God of Israel.

⁷For your sake I have borne rebuke; shame has covered my face.

⁸I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children.

⁹For the zeal of your house has eaten me up, and the rebukes of those who rebuke you have fallen on me.

¹⁰When I wept and did not eat food, they insulted me.

¹¹When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became the object of a proverb to them.

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.