Psalms 69:1-9 ▼

1 For the choir director. According to Shoshannim. Of David. Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life.

2 I have sunk in deep clay, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

3 I am weary with my calling out; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

5 O God, it is You who knows my folly, And all my guilt is not hidden from You.

6 May those who hope for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord Yahweh of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face.

8 I have become estranged from my brothers And a foreigner to my mother’s sons.

9 For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.