Psalms 68 — GMV
68
Verse 1
For the end, a Psalm of David, for alternate strains.
Verse 2
Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.
Verse 3
I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing:
Verse 4
I am weary of crying, my throat has become hoarse;
Verse 5
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head:
Verse 6
O God, thou knowest my foolishness;
Verse 7
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek thee, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.
Verse 8
For I have suffered reproach for thy sake;
Verse 9
I became strange to my brethren,
Verse 10
For the zeal of thy house has eaten me up;
Verse 11
And I bowed down my soul with fasting,
Verse 12
And I put on sackcloth for my covering;
Verse 13
They that sit in the gate talked against me,
Verse 14
But I will cry to thee, O Lord, in my prayer;
Verse 15
Save me from the mire, that I stick not in it:
Verse 16
Let not the waterflood drown me,
Verse 17
Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good:
Verse 18
And turn not away thy face from thy servant;
Verse 19
Draw nigh to my soul and redeem it:
Verse 20
For thou knowest my reproach,
Verse 21
My soul has waited for reproach and misery;
Verse 22
They gave me also gall for my food,
Verse 23
Let their table before them be for a snare,
Verse 24
Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see;
Verse 25
Pour out thy wrath upon them,
Verse 26
Let their habitation be made desolate;
Verse 27
Because they persecuted him whom thou hast smitten;
Verse 28
Add iniquity to their iniquity;
Verse 29
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
Verse 30
I am poor and sorrowful;
Verse 31
I will praise the name of my God with a song,
Verse 32
And this shall please God more than a young calf
Verse 33
Let the poor see and rejoice;
Verse 34
For the Lord hears the poor,
Verse 35
Let the heavens and the earth praise him,
Verse 36
For God will save Zion,
Verse 37
And the seed of his servants shall possess it,