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Psalm 69
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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Vers 1
Save me, O God, because the floods
do so environ me,
That ev’n unto my very soul
come in the waters be.
do so environ me,
That ev’n unto my very soul
come in the waters be.
Vers 2
I downward in deep mire do sink,
where standing there is none:
I am into deep waters come,
where floods have o’er me gone.
where standing there is none:
I am into deep waters come,
where floods have o’er me gone.
Vers 3
I weary with my crying am,
my throat is also dry’d;
Mine eyes do fail, while for my God
I waiting do abide.
my throat is also dry’d;
Mine eyes do fail, while for my God
I waiting do abide.
Vers 4
Those men that do without a cause
bear hatred unto me,
Than are the hairs upon my head
in number more they be:
bear hatred unto me,
Than are the hairs upon my head
in number more they be:
Vers 5
They that would me destroy, and are
mine en’mies wrongfully,
Are mighty: so what I took not,
to render forc’d was I.
mine en’mies wrongfully,
Are mighty: so what I took not,
to render forc’d was I.
Vers 6
Lord, thou my folly know’st, my sins
not cover’d are from thee.
Let none that wait on thee be sham’d,
Lord God of hosts, for me.
not cover’d are from thee.
Let none that wait on thee be sham’d,
Lord God of hosts, for me.
Vers 7
O Lord, the God of Israel,
let none, who search do make,
And seek thee, be at any time
confounded for my sake.
let none, who search do make,
And seek thee, be at any time
confounded for my sake.
Vers 8
For I have borne reproach for thee,
my face is hid with shame.
To brethren strange, to mother’s sons
an alien I became.
my face is hid with shame.
To brethren strange, to mother’s sons
an alien I became.
Vers 9
Because the zeal did eat me up,
which to thine house I bear;
And the reproaches cast at thee,
upon me fallen are.
which to thine house I bear;
And the reproaches cast at thee,
upon me fallen are.
Vers 10
My tears and fasts, t’ afflict my soul,
were turned to my shame.
When sackcloth I did wear, to them
a proverb I became.
were turned to my shame.
When sackcloth I did wear, to them
a proverb I became.
Vers 11
The men that in the gate do sit
against me evil spake;
They also that vile drunkards were
of me their song did make.
against me evil spake;
They also that vile drunkards were
of me their song did make.
Vers 12
But, in an acceptable time,
my pray’r, Lord, is to thee:
In truth of thy salvation, Lord,
and mercy great, hear me.
my pray’r, Lord, is to thee:
In truth of thy salvation, Lord,
and mercy great, hear me.
Vers 13
Deliver me out of the mire,
from sinking do me keep;
Free me from those that do me hate,
and from the waters deep.
from sinking do me keep;
Free me from those that do me hate,
and from the waters deep.
Vers 14
Let not the flood on me prevail,
whose water overflows;
Nor deep me swallow, nor the pit
her mouth upon me close.
whose water overflows;
Nor deep me swallow, nor the pit
her mouth upon me close.
Vers 15
Hear me, O Lord, because thy love
and kindness is most good;
Turn unto me, according to
thy mercies’ multitude.
and kindness is most good;
Turn unto me, according to
thy mercies’ multitude.
Vers 16
Nor from thy servant hide thy face:
I’m troubled, soon attend.
Draw near my soul, and it redeem;
me from my foes defend.
I’m troubled, soon attend.
Draw near my soul, and it redeem;
me from my foes defend.
Vers 17
To thee is my reproach well known,
my shame, and my disgrace:
Those that mine adversaries be
are all before thy face.
my shame, and my disgrace:
Those that mine adversaries be
are all before thy face.
Vers 18
Reproach hath broke my heart; I’m full
of grief: I look’d for one
To pity me, but none I found;
comforters found I none.
of grief: I look’d for one
To pity me, but none I found;
comforters found I none.
Vers 19
They also bitter gall did give
unto me for my meat:
They gave me vinegar to drink,
when as my thirst was great.
unto me for my meat:
They gave me vinegar to drink,
when as my thirst was great.
Vers 20
Before them let their table prove
a snare; and do thou make
Their welfare and prosperity
a trap themselves to take.
a snare; and do thou make
Their welfare and prosperity
a trap themselves to take.
Vers 21
Let thou their eyes so darken’d be,
that sight may them forsake;
And let their loins be made by thee
continually to shake.
that sight may them forsake;
And let their loins be made by thee
continually to shake.
Vers 22
Thy fury pour thou out on them,
and indignation;
And let thy wrathful anger, Lord,
fast hold take them upon.
and indignation;
And let thy wrathful anger, Lord,
fast hold take them upon.
Vers 23
All waste and desolate let be
their habitation;
And in their tabernacles all
inhabitants be none.
their habitation;
And in their tabernacles all
inhabitants be none.
Vers 24
Because him they do persecute,
whom thou didst smite before;
They talk unto the grief of those
whom thou hast wounded sore.
whom thou didst smite before;
They talk unto the grief of those
whom thou hast wounded sore.
Vers 25
Add thou iniquity unto
their former wickedness;
And do not let them come at all
into thy righteousness.
their former wickedness;
And do not let them come at all
into thy righteousness.
Vers 26
Out of the book of life let them
be raz’d and blotted quite;
Among the just and righteous
let not their names be writ.
be raz’d and blotted quite;
Among the just and righteous
let not their names be writ.
Vers 27
But now become exceeding poor
and sorrowful am I:
By thy salvation, O my God,
let me be set on high.
and sorrowful am I:
By thy salvation, O my God,
let me be set on high.
Vers 28
The name of God I with a song
most cheerfully will praise;
And I, in giving thanks to him,
his name shall highly raise.
most cheerfully will praise;
And I, in giving thanks to him,
his name shall highly raise.
Vers 29
This to the Lord a sacrifice
more gracious shall prove
Than bullock, ox, or any beast
that hath both horn and hoof.
more gracious shall prove
Than bullock, ox, or any beast
that hath both horn and hoof.
Vers 30
When this the humble men shall see,
it joy to them shall give:
O all ye that do seek the Lord,
your hearts shall ever live.
it joy to them shall give:
O all ye that do seek the Lord,
your hearts shall ever live.
Vers 31
For God the poor hears, and will not
his prisoners contemn.
Let heav’n, and earth, and seas, him praise,
and all that move in them.
his prisoners contemn.
Let heav’n, and earth, and seas, him praise,
and all that move in them.
Vers 32
For God will Judah’s cities build,
and he will Sion save,
That they may dwell therein,
and it in sure possession have.
and he will Sion save,
That they may dwell therein,
and it in sure possession have.
Vers 33
And they that are his servants’ seed
inherit shall the same;
So shall they have their dwelling there
that love his blessed name.
inherit shall the same;
So shall they have their dwelling there
that love his blessed name.
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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Psalm 69 is a psalm of David and belongs to Book II (Psalm 42–72) of the Psalter.
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