Psalm 69:1-10 | birchwood-church

Psalm 69

1 Save me, O God, because the mighty waters

have come up to my neck on every side.

2 I sink in miry depths without a foothold;

I am engulfed beneath the deep floodtide.

3 My throat is parched; I'm weary from my shouting;

My eyes fail, looking to my God for aid.

4 For those who hate and loathe me without reason

are more than all the hairs upon my head.

Without a cause my foes seek to destroy me;

I have to pay back what I did not steal.

5 But as for you, O God, you know my folly;

my guiltiness from you I can't conceal.

6 May those who hope in you, the LORD Almighty,

not be disgraced on my account, O God;

May those who seek your face, O God of Israel,

not suffer shame because of me, O Lord.

7 For your sake, LORD, I must endure derision;

my face is covered with contempt and shame.

8 Even my brothers do not recognize me;

to mother's sons a stranger I became.

9 Because devotion to your house consumes me,

those who insult you turn their taunts on me;

10 And when I mourn with tears of grief and fasting,

I must endure their scorn continually.

Lyrics from 'Sing Psalms'. Copyright Free Church of Scotland.

Harmony and Melody Copyright Free Church of Scotland