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David cries from deep waters, speaks of enemies without cause and zeal for God's house, asks deliverance and judgment, and ends with praise and hope for Zion.
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Psalms 69
David cries from deep waters, speaks of enemies without cause and zeal for God's house, asks deliverance and judgment, and ends with praise and hope for Zion.
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Verses 1–12David cries from deep trouble while reproach and hatred surround himVerses 13–21David asks God to answer in mercy and describes reproach, gall, and vinegarVerses 22–29David asks for righteous judgment on hardened enemies and seeks God’s salvationVerses 30–36David praises God and looks to the restoration of Zion and Judah
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1Save me, O God; for the waters are come in…2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing:…3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried:…4They that hate me without a cause are more than…5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are…6Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD…7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath…8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an…9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;…10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that…11I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a…12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and…13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O…14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not…15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep…16Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn…17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I…18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me…19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my…20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of…21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in…22Let their table become a snare before them: and that…23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and…24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful…25Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in…26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they…27Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come…28Let them be blotted out of the book of the…29But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O…30I will praise the name of God with a song,…31This also shall please the LORD better than an ox…32The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your…33For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his…34Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and…35For God will save Zion, and will build the cities…36The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and…