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# Chapter 69
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1 Save me, O God!
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For the waters have come up to my neck.
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2 I sink in deep mire,
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where there is no foothold;
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I have come into deep waters,
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and the flood sweeps over me.
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3 I am weary with my crying out;
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my throat is parched.
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My eyes grow dim
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with waiting for my God.
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4 More in number than the hairs of my head
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are those who hate me without cause;
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mighty are those who would destroy me,
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those who attack me with lies.
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What I did not steal
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must I now restore?
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5 O God, you know my folly;
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the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
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6 Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,
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O Lord God of hosts;
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let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
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O God of Israel.
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7 For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach,
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that dishonor has covered my face.
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8 I have become a stranger to my brothers,
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an alien to my mother's sons.
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9 For zeal for your house has consumed me,
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and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
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10 When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting,
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it became my reproach.
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11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,
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I became a byword to them.
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12 I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,
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and the drunkards make songs about me.
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13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord.
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At an acceptable time, O God,
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in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
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14 Deliver me
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from sinking in the mire;
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let me be delivered from my enemies
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and from the deep waters.
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15 Let not the flood sweep over me,
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or the deep swallow me up,
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or the pit close its mouth over me.
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16 Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good;
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according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
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17 Hide not your face from your servant,
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for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.
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18 Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
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ransom me because of my enemies!
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19 You know my reproach,
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and my shame and my dishonor;
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my foes are all known to you.
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20 Reproaches have broken my heart,
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so that I am in despair.
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I looked for pity, but there was none,
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and for comforters, but I found none.
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21 They gave me poison for food,
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and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
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22 Let their own table before them become a snare;
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and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.
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23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
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and make their loins tremble continually.
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24 Pour out your indignation upon them,
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and let your burning anger overtake them.
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25 May their camp be a desolation;
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let no one dwell in their tents.
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26 For they persecute him whom you have struck down,
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and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
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27 Add to them punishment upon punishment;
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may they have no acquittal from you.
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28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
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let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
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29 But I am afflicted and in pain;
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let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
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30 I will praise the name of God with a song;
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I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
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31 This will please the Lord more than an ox
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or a bull with horns and hoofs.
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32 When the humble see it they will be glad;
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you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
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33 For the Lord hears the needy
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and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
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34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
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the seas and everything that moves in them.
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35 For God will save Zion
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and build up the cities of Judah,
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and people shall dwell there and possess it;
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36 the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
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and those who love his name shall dwell in it. |