Psalms 69 To the chaunter vpon Sosanim of Dauid. Helpe me, O god, for the waters are come in, euen vnto my soule.

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ To the chaunter vpon Sosanim of Dauid. Helpe me, O god, for the waters are come in, euen vnto my soule. ² I stycke fast in the depe myre where no ground is: I am come into depe waters, and the floudes wyll drowne me. ³ I am weery of crying, my throte is drye, my sight fayleth me, for waytinge so longe, vpon my God. ⁴ They that hate me without a cause, are mo then the heeres of my head: they that are myne enemyes & wolde destroye me giltlesse are mighty: I am fayne to paye the thinges that I neuer toke. ⁵ God thou knowest my simplenesse, and my faultes are not hyd from the. ⁶ Let not them that trust in the, O Lord God of hoostes, be ashamed for my cause: let not those that seke the, be confounded thorowe me, O God of Israel. ⁷ And why? for thy sake do I suffre reprofe, shame couereth my face. ⁸ I am become a straunger vnto my brethren, and an aleaunt vnto my mothers chyldren. ⁹ For the zele of thyne house hath euen eaten me, and the rebukes of them that rebuked the, is fallen vpon me. ¹⁰ I wepte and chastened my selfe with fastyng, and that was turned to my reprofe. ¹¹ I put on a sacke cloth, and therefore they iested vpon me. ¹² They that sate in the gate, spake agaynste me, & the dronkardes made songes vpon me. ¹³ But Lorde I made my prayer vnto the in an acceptable tyme. Heare me, O God, with thy great mercy and sure helpe. ¹⁴ Take me out of the myre, that I sinke not Oh let me be deliuered from them that hate me, and out of the depe waters. ¹⁵ Lest the water floud drowne me, that the depe swalowe me not vp, and that the pytte shut not her mouth vpon me. ¹⁶ Heare me, O Lord, for thy louyng kyndnesse is comfortable: turne the vnto me according vnto thy great mercy. ¹⁷ Hyde not thy face from thy seruaunt, for I am in trouble: O haste the to helpe me. ¹⁸ Drawe nye vnto my soule, & saue it: Oh deliuer me because of myne enemyes. ¹⁹ Thou knowest my reprofe, my shame & my dishonoure: myne aduersaries are all in thy sight. ²⁰ The rebuke breaketh my herte, and maketh me heuy: I loke for some to haue pytye vpon me, but ther is no man: and for some to comforte me, but I fynde none. ²¹ They gaue me gall to eate, & when I was thurstye, they gaue me vinegar to dryncke. ²² Let their table be made a snare to take them selues with all, an occasyon to fall and a reward vnto them. ²³ Let their eyes be blinded, that they se not: and euer bow downe their backes. ²⁴ Power out thyne indignacyon vpon them, and let thy wrathfull dyspleasure take holde of them. ²⁵ Let theyr habytacyon be voyd, and no man to dwel in ther tentes. ²⁶ For they persecute hym whom thou hast smytten, and besyde thy woundes they haue geuen him mo. ²⁷ Let them fall from one wyckednesse to another, and not come into thy ryghtuousnesse. ²⁸ Let them be wyped out of the boke of the lyuynge, and not be wrytten amonge the ryghtuous. ²⁹ As for me, I am poore and in heuines, let thy helpe defend me O God. ³⁰ That I may praise the name of God, with a songe and magnyfye it wyth thanckesgeuynge. ³¹ Thys shall please the Lord better then a bullocke, that hath hornes and hoofes. ³² O consyder this and be glad (ye that be in aduersytye) seke after God, and youre soule shall lyue. ³³ For the Lorde heareth the poore, and despyseth not hys priesoners. ³⁴ Let heauen and earth praise him, the sea & all that moueth ther in. ³⁵ For God wyll saue Syon, and buyld the cityes of Iuda, that men may dwel ther, and haue them in possession. ³⁶ The sede of his seruauntes shall inherette it, and they that loue hys name shall dwell therein.