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Author:Traditional Attribution
Topic:psalms Chapter 69 Study
This chapter provides a foundational look at the theological themes of psalms, analyzed across multiple historic translations for maximum scholarly depth.
Psalms 69
Bishops' Bible
1To the chiefe musition vpon Sosanim (a psalme) of Dauid. Saue me O Lorde: for waters haue entred in vnto my soule.
2I am ouer the head in deepe myre where I feele no grounde: I plunge in deepe waters where the streame ouerwhelmeth me.
3I am weery of crying, my throte is drye: my syght fayleth me through the long attendaunce that I haue geuen vpon my Lorde.
4They that hate me without a cause are mo then the heeres of my head: they that are myne enemies and woulde destroy me giltlesse are mightie, I payde them the thynges that I neuer toke.
5God thou knowest my folly: and my faultes are not hyd from thee.
6Let not them that trust in thee O Lorde God of hoastes, be for my cause ashamed: let not those that seke thee, be through me confounded O Lorde of Israel.
7For thy sake haue I suffered reprofe, shame hath couered my face:
8I am become a straunger vnto my brethren, euen an aliaunt vnto my mothers children.
9For the zeale of thine house hath euen eaten me: and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen vpon me.
10And I wept chastenyng my soule with fastyng: and that was turned to my reproofe.
11Also I put on sackcloth for my garment: and they iested at me.
12They that sit in the gate speake agaynst me: and they that drynke strong drynke make songes vpon me.
13But I make my prayer vnto thee O God in an acceptable tyme: heare me O Lord in the multitude of thy mercie, according to the trueth of thy saluation.
14Take me out of the myre, that I sincke not: oh let me be delyuered from them that hate me, & out of the deepe waters.
15Let not the water fludde drowne me, neither let the deepe swalowe me vp: & let not the pyt shut her mouth vpon me.
16Heare me O God, for thy louyng kindnesse is comfortable: turne thee vnto me accordyng vnto the multitude of thy mercies.
17And hyde not thy face from thy seruaunt, for I am in trouble: O haste thee and heare me.
18Draw nigh vnto my soule & redeeme it: for myne enemies sake oh redeeme me.
19Thou hast knowen my reproofe, my shame, and my dishonour: myne aduersaries are all in thy syght.
20Reproofe hath broke my heart a peeces, I am full of heauinesse: I loked for some to haue pitie on me, but there was none, and for some that shoulde comfort me, but I coulde fynde none.
21They gaue me for meate, gall to eate: and when I was thirstie, they gaue me vineger to drynke.
22Let their table be as a snare before them: and in steade of aboundaunce of peace, let it be a meanes of destruction.
23Let their eyes be blynded that they see not: and euer bowe downe their loynes.
24Powre out thine indignation vpon them: and let thy wrathfull displeasure take holde of them.
25Let their habitation be desolate: and let no man dwell in their tabernacles.
26For they persecute hym whom thou hast smitten: and they talke of the griefe of them whom thou hast wounded.
27Let them fall from one wickednesse to another: and let them not enter into thy ryghteousnesse.
28Let them be wyped out of the booke of the lyuyng: and not to be written among the ryghteous.
29As for me I am afflicted and in heauinesse: thy sauing helpe O Lorde shal defende me.
30I wyll prayse the name of the Lorde with a song: and magnifie hym with a solemne confession.
31And it wyll please God: better then a bullocke that hath hornes and hoofes.
32The humble wyll consider this and be glad, such as seke after God: and your soule shall lyue.
33For God heareth the poore: & dispiseth not his prisoners.
34Let heauen and earth prayse hym: the sea and all that moueth therin.
35For the Lorde wyll saue Sion, and builde the cities of Iehuda: that men may dwel there and haue it in possession.
36The posteritie also of his seruauntes shall inherite it: and they that loue his name shall dwell therin.