Psalms 69:1-9 ▼

1 For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” ”8224; Of David. Save me, God, for the water has risen to my neck.

2 I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep water, and a flood sweeps over me.

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

4 Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me, are powerful. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

5 God, you know my foolishness, and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.

6 Do not let those who put their hope in you be disgraced because of me, Lord GOD of Armies; do not let those who seek you be humiliated because of me, God of Israel.

7 For I have endured insults because of you, and shame has covered my face.

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

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