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Chapter 69
Psal NETtext 69:1  For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by David.Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.
Psal NETtext 69:2  I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.
Psal NETtext 69:3  I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
Psal NETtext 69:4  Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!
Psal NETtext 69:5  O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.
Psal NETtext 69:6  Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O sovereign LORD and king! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel!
Psal NETtext 69:7  For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.
Psal NETtext 69:8  My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.
Psal NETtext 69:9  Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.
Psal NETtext 69:10  I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.
Psal NETtext 69:12  Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.
Psal NETtext 69:13  O LORD, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!
Psal NETtext 69:14  Rescue me from the mud! Don't let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!
Psal NETtext 69:15  Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me!
Psal NETtext 69:16  Answer me, O LORD, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!
Psal NETtext 69:17  Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!
Psal NETtext 69:18  Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me!
Psal NETtext 69:19  You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies.
Psal NETtext 69:20  Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
Psal NETtext 69:21  They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
Psal NETtext 69:22  May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!
Psal NETtext 69:23  May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently!
Psal NETtext 69:24  Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!
Psal NETtext 69:25  May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!
Psal NETtext 69:26  For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.
Psal NETtext 69:27  Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them!
Psal NETtext 69:28  May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!
Psal NETtext 69:29  I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!
Psal NETtext 69:30  I will sing praises to God's name! I will magnify him as I give him thanks!
Psal NETtext 69:31  That will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hooves.
Psal NETtext 69:32  The oppressed look on - let them rejoice! You who seek God, may you be encouraged!
Psal NETtext 69:33  For the LORD listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.
Psal NETtext 69:34  Let the heavens and the earth praise him, along with the seas and everything that swims in them!
Psal NETtext 69:35  For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.
Psal NETtext 69:36  The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it.