139 lines
3.3 KiB
Markdown
139 lines
3.3 KiB
Markdown
Psalm 69A Plea for Rescue
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1. Save me, God,
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for the water has risen to my neck.
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2. I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
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I have come into deep water,
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and a flood sweeps over me.
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3. I am weary from my crying;
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my throat is parched.
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My eyes fail, looking for my God.
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4. Those who hate me without cause
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are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
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my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
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are powerful.
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Though I did not steal, I must repay.
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5. God, you know my foolishness,
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and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.
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6. Do not let those who put their hope in you
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be disgraced because of me,
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Lord God of Armies;
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do not let those who seek you
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be humiliated because of me,
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God of Israel.
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7. For I have endured insults because of you,
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and shame has covered my face.
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8. I have become a stranger to my brothers
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and a foreigner to my mother's sons
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9. because zeal for your house has consumed me,
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and the insults of those who insult you
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have fallen on me.
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10. I mourned and fasted,
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but it brought me insults.
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11. I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
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and I was a joke to them.
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12. Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
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and drunkards make up songs about me.
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13. But as for me, Lord,
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my prayer to you is for a time of favor.
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In your abundant, faithful love, God,
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answer me with your sure salvation.
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14. Rescue me from the miry mud; don't let me sink.
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Let me be rescued from those who hate me
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and from the deep water.
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15. Don't let the floodwaters sweep over me
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or the deep swallow me up;
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don't let the Pit close its mouth over me.
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16. Answer me, Lord,
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for your faithful love is good.
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In keeping with your abundant compassion,
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turn to me.
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17. Don't hide your face from your servant,
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for I am in distress.
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Answer me quickly!
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18. Come near to me and redeem me;
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ransom me because of my enemies.
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19. You know the insults I endure--
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my shame and disgrace.
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You are aware of all my adversaries.
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20. Insults have broken my heart,
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and I am in despair.
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I waited for sympathy,
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but there was none;
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for comforters, but found no one.
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21. Instead, they gave me gall for my food,
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and for my thirst
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they gave me vinegar to drink.
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22. Let their table set before them be a snare,
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and let it be a trap for their allies.
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23. Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
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and let their hips continually quake.
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24. Pour out your rage on them,
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and let your burning anger overtake them.
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25. Make their fortification desolate;
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may no one live in their tents.
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26. For they persecute the one you struck
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and talk about the pain of those you wounded.
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27. Charge them with crime on top of crime;
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do not let them share in your righteousness.
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28. Let them be erased from the book of life
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and not be recorded with the righteous.
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29. But as for me--poor and in pain--
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let your salvation protect me, God.
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30. I will praise God's name with song
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and exalt him with thanksgiving.
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31. That will please the Lord more than an ox,
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more than a bull with horns and hooves.
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32. The humble will see it and rejoice.
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You who seek God, take heart!
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33. For the Lord listens to the needy
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and does not despise
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his own 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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They will live there and possess it.
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36. The descendants of his servants will inherit it,
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and those who love his name will live in it.
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