Psalms 69:3-22

³I am weary with crying; my throat is parched; Mine eyes are wasted, while I wait for my God.

⁴More numerous than the hairs of my head are they who hate me without reason; Mighty are they who seek to destroy me, being my enemies without cause: I must restore what I took not away.

⁵O God! thou knowest my offences, And my sins are not hidden from thee!

⁶Let not them that trust in thee through me be put to shame, O Lord Jehovah, God of hosts! Let not them that seek thee through me be confounded, O God of Israel!

⁷For on account of thee do I suffer reproach, And shame covereth my face!

⁸I am become a stranger to my brothers; Yea, an alien to my mother's sons.

⁹For zeal for thy house consumeth me, And the reproaches of them that reproach thee fall upon me.

¹⁰When I weep and fast, That is made my reproach;

¹¹When I clothe myself in sackcloth, Then I become their by-word.

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!