Psalms 69:5-32

Psalms 69:5-32

[5] O God,  thou knowest  my foolishness;  and my sins  are not hid  [6] Let not them that wait  on thee, O Lord  GOD  of hosts,  be ashamed  for my sake: let not those that seek  thee be confounded  for my sake, O God  of Israel.  [7] Because for thy sake I have borne  reproach;  shame  hath covered  my face.  [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  [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  [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  [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  [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  [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  [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  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.  [29] But I am poor  and sorrowful:  let thy salvation,  O God,  set me up on high.  [30] I will praise  the name  of God  with a song,  and will magnify  him with thanksgiving.  [31] the LORD  better  than an ox  or bullock  that hath horns  and hoofs.  [32] The humble  shall see  this, and be glad:  and your heart  shall live  that seek  God.