Psalm 69
1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
1 Save me, O God; * for the waters are come in, | even • unto my | soul. ||
2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; * I am come into deep waters, | 3 so that the | floods run | over • me. ||
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
3 I am weary of crying; my | throat is | dry; ||
my sight faileth me for | 3 waiting so | long up•on my | God. ||
4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the | 3 hairs of my | head; ||
they that are mine enemies, and would de- | stroy me | guiltless, • are | mighty. ||
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
5 I paid them the things that I | never | took: ||
God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my | faults | are not | hid from • thee. ||
6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
6 Let not them that trust in thee, O Lord God of hosts, be a- | 3 shamed for my | cause; ||
let not those that seek thee be confounded through | me, O | Lord • God of | Isra•el. ||
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
7 And why? * for thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame hath | 3 covered my | face. ||
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, * even an | alien • unto my | mother's | children. ||
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me; * and the rebukes of them that rebuked | thee are | fallen up•on me. ||
10 I wept, and chastened myself with fasting, * and | that was | turned to • my re- | proof. ||
10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
11 I put on sackcloth | also, • and they | jested up•on me. ||
12 They that sit in the gate speak a- | gainst me, • and the | drunkards • make | songs up•on me. ||
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
13 But, Lord, I make my prayer unto thee in an ac- | 3 ceptable | time. ||
14 Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, * | even • in the | truth of • thy sal- | vation. ||
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
15 Take me out of the | mire, • that I | sink not; ||
O let me be delivered from them that hate me, and | 3 out of the | deep | waters. ||
16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep | 3 swallow me | up; ||
and 3 let | not the | pit • shut her | mouth up•on me. ||
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving- | 3 kindness is | comfort•able; ||
turn thee unto me according to the | 3 multitude | of thy | mercies. ||
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
18 And hide not thy | 3 face from thy | servant; ||
for I am in | trouble: • O | haste • thee, and | hear me. ||
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
19 Draw nigh unto my | soul, and | save it; ||
O de- | liver • me, be- | 3 cause of mine | ene•mies. ||
20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
20 Thou hast known my reproach, my | shame, and • my dis- | honour: ||
mine | adver•saries are | all in • thy | sight. ||
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
21 Reproach hath broken my heart; * I am | full of | heavi•ness: ||
I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, * | neither • found I | any • to | comfort • me. ||
22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
22 They gave me | gall to | eat; ||
and when I was thirsty they | gave me | vine•gar to | drink. ||
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
23 Let their table be made a snare to | take them- | selves with•al; ||
and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto | them • an oc- | 3 casion of | falling. ||
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
24 Let their eyes be | blinded, • that they | see not; ||
and ever | bow thou | down their | backs. ||
25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
25 Pour out thine indig- | 3 nation up- | on them, ||
and let thy | 3 wrathful dis- | pleasure • take | hold of • them. ||
26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
26 Let their habi- | 3 tation be | void, ||
and | 3 no man to | 3 dwell in their | tents. ||
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
27 For they persecute | him whom • thou hast | smitten; ||
and they talk how they may | vex • them whom | thou hast | wounded. ||
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
28 Let them fall from one | wickedness • to an- | other, ||
and | not come | 3 into thy | righteous•ness. ||
29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
29 Let them be wiped out of the | book • of the | living, ||
and not be | 3 written a- | mong the | righteous. ||
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
30 As for me, when I am | poor • and in | heavi•ness, ||
thy help, O | God, shall | lift me | up. ||
31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
31 I will praise the Name of | God • with a | song, ||
and | magni- | 3 fy it with | thanks•giving. ||
32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
32 This also shall please the Lord better than a bullock that hath | horns and | hoofs. ||
33 The humble shall con- | sider • this, | and be | glad: ||
33 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
seek ye after God, and your | soul shall | live. ||
34 For the Lord heareth the poor, and de- | spiseth | not his | prison•ers. ||
34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
35 Let heaven and earth praise him: * the sea, and | all that | moveth there•in. ||
36 For God will save Sion, and build the cities of Judah, * that men may | dwell • there, and | have it • in pos- | session. ||
36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
37 The posterity also of his | servants • shall in- | herit • it; ||
and | they that • love his | Name shall | dwell there•in. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).