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Psalms 69	Psalms 69
Psalms 69:1 To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.	Psalms 69:1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshanim. [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.
Psalms 69:2 My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.	Psalms 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Psalms 69:3 I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.	Psalms 69:3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms 69:4 Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.	Psalms 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
Psalms 69:5 O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.	Psalms 69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.
Psalms 69:6 Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.	Psalms 69:6 Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
Psalms 69:7 I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.	Psalms 69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
Psalms 69:8 I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.	Psalms 69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.
Psalms 69:9 I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.	Psalms 69:9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
Psalms 69:10 My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.	Psalms 69:10 When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.
Psalms 69:11 When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.	Psalms 69:11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
Psalms 69:12 I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.	Psalms 69:12 They that sit in the gate talk of me; And [I am] the song of the drunkards.
Psalms 69:13 But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain.	Psalms 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
Psalms 69:14 Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.	Psalms 69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Psalms 69:15 Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.	Psalms 69:15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Psalms 69:16 Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.	Psalms 69:16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
Psalms 69:17 Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.	Psalms 69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
Psalms 69:18 Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.	Psalms 69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
Psalms 69:19 You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.	Psalms 69:19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.
Psalms 69:20 My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.	Psalms 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
Psalms 69:21 They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.	Psalms 69:21 They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Psalms 69:22 Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.	Psalms 69:22 Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
Psalms 69:23 Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.	Psalms 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
Psalms 69:24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.	Psalms 69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
Psalms 69:25 Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents.	Psalms 69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.
Psalms 69:26 Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.	Psalms 69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
Psalms 69:27 Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.	Psalms 69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.
Psalms 69:28 Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.	Psalms 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
Psalms 69:29 But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.	Psalms 69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Psalms 69:30 I will give praise to the name of God with a song; I will give glory to him for what he has done.	Psalms 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Psalms 69:31 This will be more pleasing to the Lord than an ox, or a young ox of full growth.	Psalms 69:31 And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, [Or] a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
Psalms 69:32 The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.	Psalms 69:32 The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.
Psalms 69:33 For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.	Psalms 69:33 For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.
Psalms 69:34 Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them.	Psalms 69:34 Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.
Psalms 69:35 For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.	Psalms 69:35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
Psalms 69:36 The seed of his servants will have their part in it, and there the lovers of his name will have rest.	Psalms 69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein.