Psalm 69

¹Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.

²I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

³I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

⁴Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

⁵You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.

⁶May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.

⁷For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.

⁸I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

⁹because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

¹⁰I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

¹¹I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

¹²Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

¹³But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.

¹⁴Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.