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Psalm 69:8-28
King James Version
Psalm 69:8-28
King James Version
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
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.
15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
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.
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
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Psalm 69:8-28
New International Version
Psalm 69:8-28
New International Version
8 I am a foreigner to my own family,
a stranger to my own mother’s children;(A)
9 for zeal for your house consumes me,(B)
and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(C)
10 When I weep and fast,(D)
I must endure scorn;
11 when I put on sackcloth,(E)
people make sport of me.
12 Those who sit at the gate(F) mock me,
and I am the song of the drunkards.(G)
13 But I pray to you, Lord,
in the time of your favor;(H)
in your great love,(I) O God,
answer me with your sure salvation.
14 Rescue me from the mire,
do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
from the deep waters.(J)
15 Do not let the floodwaters(K) engulf me
or the depths swallow me up(L)
or the pit close its mouth over me.(M)
16 Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;(N)
in your great mercy turn to me.
17 Do not hide your face(O) from your servant;
answer me quickly,(P) for I am in trouble.(Q)
18 Come near and rescue me;
deliver(R) me because of my foes.
19 You know how I am scorned,(S) disgraced and shamed;
all my enemies are before you.
20 Scorn has broken my heart
and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for comforters,(T) but I found none.(U)
21 They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar(V) for my thirst.(W)
22 May the table set before them become a snare;
may it become retribution and[a] a trap.(X)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.(Y)
24 Pour out your wrath(Z) on them;
let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted;(AA)
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.(AB)
26 For they persecute those you wound
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.(AC)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;(AD)
do not let them share in your salvation.(AE)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(AF)
and not be listed with the righteous.(AG)
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become
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