Psalms 69:4-14

Brenton(i) 4 (68:4) They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 (68:5) O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from thee. 6 (68:6) 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. 7 (68:7) For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; shame has covered my face. 8 (68:8) I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children. 9 (68:9) For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10 (68:10) And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach. 11 (68:11) And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them. 12 (68:12) They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me. 13 (68:13) But I will cry to thee, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 (68:14) Save me from the mire, that I stick not in it: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.