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.
6Through me let not any be shamed, who wait for you, Lord God of hosts. Through me let not those be confounded who seek you, O God of Israel.
7It's in your cause that I have borne taunts, and my face has been covered with shame;
8I became to my kindred a foreigner, to my mother's sons a stranger.
9It was zeal for your house that consumed me, and the insults they hurled at you fell upon me.
10When I chastened myself with fasting, they took occasion to taunt me.
11When I put on a garment of sackcloth, they made me the theme of a taunt-song.
12Those who sit in the gate make sport of me in the music of drunken songs.
13But I pray to you, Lord, for a time of favor. In your great love answer me; with your loyal help, save me
14from sinking down in the mire. Lift me out of the deep deep waters,
15that the rushing flood may not drown me, that the deep may not swallow me up, nor the pit close her mouth upon me.
16Answer me, Lord, in your gracious kindness, turn to me in your great compassion.
17Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in trouble; O answer me speedily.
18Draw near to me, redeem me; because of my enemies, ransom me.
19You know how I am insulted; in your sight are all my foes.
20Insult has broken my heart, past cure are my shame and confusion. For pity I looked — there was none! And for comforters, but I found none.
21Poison they gave me for food, and to slake my thirst they gave vinegar.
22May their table, outspread, be a trap to them, and their peace-offerings be a snare.
23May their eyes be darkened and blind, make them shake without ceasing.
24Pour your indignation upon them, let your burning wrath overtake them.
Psalms 69
Psalms 69:4-24