Psalms 69:1-13

1Save me, O God! The water is already up to my neck!

2I am sinking in deep mud. There is nothing to stand on. I am in deep water. A flood is sweeping me away.

3I am exhausted from crying for help. My throat is hoarse. My eyes are strained ⌞from⌟ looking for my God.

4Those who hate me for no reason outnumber the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me are mighty. They have no reason to be my enemies. I am forced to pay back what I did not steal.

5O God, you know my stupidity, and the things of which I am guilty are not hidden from you.

6Do not let those who wait with hope for you be put to shame because of me, O Almighty Lord of Armies. Do not let those who come to you for help be humiliated because of me, O God of Israel.

7Indeed, for your sake I have endured insults. Humiliation has covered my face.

8I have become a stranger to my ⌞own⌟ brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s sons.

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

10I cried and fasted, but I was insulted for it.

11I dressed myself in sackcloth, but I became the object of ridicule.

12Those who sit at the gate gossip about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.

13May my prayer come to you at an acceptable time, O Lord. O God, out of the greatness of your mercy, answer me with the truth of your salvation.