Psalms 69 : 1 (NET)
*For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.
Psalms 69 : 2 (NET)
I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.
Psalms 69 : 3 (NET)
I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
Psalms 69 : 4 (NET)
Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!
Psalms 69 : 5 (NET)
O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.
Psalms 69 : 6 (NET)
Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O sovereign LORD and king! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel!
Psalms 69 : 7 (NET)
For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.
Psalms 69 : 8 (NET)
My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.
Psalms 69 : 9 (NET)
Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.
Psalms 69 : 10 (NET)
I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.
Psalms 69 : 11 (NET)
I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.
Psalms 69 : 12 (NET)
Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.
Psalms 69 : 13 (NET)
O LORD, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!
Psalms 69 : 14 (NET)
Rescue me from the mud! Don't let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!
Psalms 69 : 15 (NET)
Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me!
Psalms 69 : 16 (NET)
Answer me, O LORD, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!
Psalms 69 : 17 (NET)
Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!
Psalms 69 : 18 (NET)
Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me!
Psalms 69 : 19 (NET)
You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies.
Psalms 69 : 20 (NET)
Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
Psalms 69 : 21 (NET)
They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
Psalms 69 : 22 (NET)
May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!
Psalms 69 : 23 (NET)
May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently!
Psalms 69 : 24 (NET)
Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!
Psalms 69 : 25 (NET)
May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!
Psalms 69 : 26 (NET)
For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.
Psalms 69 : 27 (NET)
Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them!
Psalms 69 : 28 (NET)
May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!
Psalms 69 : 29 (NET)
I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!
Psalms 69 : 30 (NET)
I will sing praises to God's name! I will magnify him as I give him thanks!
Psalms 69 : 31 (NET)
That will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hooves.
Psalms 69 : 32 (NET)
The oppressed look on� let them rejoice! You who seek God, may you be encouraged!
Psalms 69 : 33 (NET)
For the LORD listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.
Psalms 69 : 34 (NET)
Let the heavens and the earth praise him, along with the seas and everything that swims in them!
Psalms 69 : 35 (NET)
For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.
Psalms 69 : 36 (NET)
The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it.
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