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1 For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David. (69:2)
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2 I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.
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3 I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
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4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are many; should I restore that which I took not away?
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5 O God, Thou knowest my folly; and my trespasses are not hid from Thee.
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6 Let not them that wait for Thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; let not those that seek Thee be brought to confusion through me, O God of Israel.
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7 Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.
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8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
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9 Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me.
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10 And I wept with my soul with fasting, and that became unto me a reproach.
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11 I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them.
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12 They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards.
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13 But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy, answer me with the truth of Thy salvation.
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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.
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15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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16 Answer me, O LORD, for Thy mercy is good; according to the multitude of Thy compassions turn Thou unto me.
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17 And hide not Thy face from Thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.
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18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it; ransom me because of mine enemies.
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19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; mine adversaries are all before Thee.
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20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick; and I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
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21 Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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22 Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
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23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter.
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24 Pour out Thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of Thine anger overtake them.
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25 Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.
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26 For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten; and they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded.
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27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into Thy righteousness.
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28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
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29 But I am afflicted and in pain; let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
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30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
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31 And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
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32 The humble shall see it, and be glad; ye that seek after God, let your heart revive.
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33 For the LORD hearkeneth unto the needy, and despiseth not His prisoners.
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34 Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
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35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
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36 The seed also of His servants shall inherit it; and they that love His name shall dwell therein.
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