^69:4More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; many are those who would destroy me, my enemies who accuse me falsely. What I did not steal must I now restore?

^69:5O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.

^69:6Do not let those who hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of hosts; do not let those who seek you be dishonored because of me, O God of Israel.

^69:7It is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face.

^69:8I have become a stranger to my kindred, an alien to my mother's children.

^69:9It is zeal for your house that has consumed me; the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

^69:10When I humbled my soul with fasting, they insulted me for doing so.

^69:11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

^69:12I am the subject of gossip for those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.

^69:13But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord . At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love, answer me. With your faithful help

^69:14rescue me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.

^69:15Do not let the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the Pit close its mouth over me.

^69:16Answer me, O Lord , for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.

^69:17Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress—make haste to answer me.

^69:18Draw near to me, redeem me, set me free because of my enemies.

^69:19You know the insults I receive, and my shame and dishonor; my foes are all known to you.

^69:20Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

^69:21They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

^69:22Let their table be a trap for them, a snare for their allies.

^69:23Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually.

^69:24Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your burning anger overtake them.

^69:25May their camp be a desolation; let no one live in their tents.

^69:26For they persecute those whom you have struck down, and those whom you have wounded, they attack still more.

^69:27Add guilt to their guilt; may they have no acquittal from you.

^69:28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.

^69:29But I am lowly and in pain; let your salvation, O God, protect me.

^69:30I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

^69:31This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.

^69:32Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

^69:33For the Lord hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds.

^69:34Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

^69:35For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and his servants shall live there and possess it;

^69:36the children of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall live in it.