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Psalms 69:1
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Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.
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Psalms 69:2
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I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
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Psalms 69:3
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I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
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Psalms 69:4
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They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
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Psalms 69:5
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O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.
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Psalms 69:6
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Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
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Psalms 69:7
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Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
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Psalms 69:8
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I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.
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Psalms 69:9
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For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
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Psalms 69:10
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When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.
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Psalms 69:11
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When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
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Psalms 69:12
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They that sit in the gate talk of me; And [I am] the song of the drunkards.
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Psalms 69:13
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But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
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Psalms 69:14
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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.
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Psalms 69:15
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Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
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Psalms 69:16
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Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
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Psalms 69:17
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And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
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Psalms 69:18
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Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
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Psalms 69:19
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Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.
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Psalms 69:20
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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.
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Psalms 69:21
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They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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Psalms 69:22
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Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
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Psalms 69:23
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Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
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Psalms 69:24
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Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
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Psalms 69:25
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Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.
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Psalms 69:26
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For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
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Psalms 69:27
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Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.
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Psalms 69:28
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Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
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Psalms 69:29
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But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
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Psalms 69:30
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I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
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Psalms 69:31
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And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, [Or] a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
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Psalms 69:32
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The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.
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Psalms 69:33
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For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.
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Psalms 69:34
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Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.
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Psalms 69:35
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For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
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Psalms 69:36
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The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein. Psalm 70 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David; to bring to remembrance.
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