Psalms 69 - Revised Standard Version(RSV)

To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Psalm of David.

1Save me, O God!

For the waters have come up to my neck.

2I sink in deep mire,

where there is no foothold;

I have come into deep waters,

and the flood sweeps over me.

3I am weary with my crying;

my throat is parched.

My eyes grow dim

with waiting for my God.

4 my soul with fasting,

it became my reproach.

11When I made sackcloth my clothing,

I became a byword to them.

12I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,

and the drunkards make songs about me.

13But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord.

At an acceptable time, O God,

in the abundance of thy steadfast love answer me.

With thy faithful help

14rescue me

from sinking in the mire;

let me be delivered from my enemies

and from the deep waters.

15Let not the flood sweep over me,

or the deep swallow me up,

or the pit close its mouth over me.

16Answer me, O Lord, for thy steadfast love is good;

according to thy abundant mercy, turn to me.

17Hide not thy face from thy servant;

for I am in distress, make haste to answer me.

18Draw near to me, redeem me,

set me free because of my enemies!

19Thou knowest my reproach,

and my shame and my dishonor;

my foes are all known to thee.

20Insults have broken my heart,

so that I am in despair.

I looked for pity, but there was none;

and for comforters, but I found none.

21 be a trap.

23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see;

and make their loins tremble continually.

24 whom thou hast wounded, they afflict still more.

27Add to them punishment upon punishment;

may they have no acquittal from thee.

28 there and possess it;

36the children of his servants shall inherit it,

and those who love his name shall dwell in it.