Psalm 69-118 KJV

Psalm 69:1

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.

Psalm 69:2

I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Psalm 69:4

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.

Psalm 69:5

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Psalm 69:6

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.

Psalm 69:7

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Psalm 69:8

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

Psalm 69:9

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Psalm 69:10

When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

Psalm 69:11

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

Psalm 69:12

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.

Psalm 69:13

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.

Psalm 69:14

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.

Psalm 69:15

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Psalm 69:16

Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness [is] good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Psalm 69:17

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

Psalm 69:18

Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

Psalm 69:19

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.

Psalm 69:20

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.

Psalm 69:21

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psalm 69:22

Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.

Psalm 69:23

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Psalm 69:24

Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

Psalm 69:25

Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents.

Psalm 69:26

For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

Psalm 69:27

Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Psalm 69:28

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Psalm 69:29

But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Psalm 69:30

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 69:31

[This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

Psalm 69:32

The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

Psalm 69:33

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

Psalm 69:34

Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

Psalm 69:35

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

Psalm 69:36

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Psalm 70:1

To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

Psalm 70:2

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

Psalm 70:3

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

Psalm 70:4

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

Psalm 70:5

But I [am] poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

Psalm 71:1

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

Psalm 71:2

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

Psalm 71:3

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress.

Psalm 71:4

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Psalm 71:5

For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.

Psalm 71:6

By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.

Psalm 71:7

I am as a wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.

Psalm 71:8

Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day.

Psalm 71:9

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Psalm 71:10

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

Psalm 71:11

Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].

Psalm 71:12

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

Psalm 71:13

Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Psalm 71:14

But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

Psalm 71:15

My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].

Psalm 71:16

I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.

Psalm 71:17

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

Psalm 71:18

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.

Psalm 71:19

Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee!

Psalm 71:20

[Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Psalm 71:21

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

Psalm 71:22

I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 71:23

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Psalm 71:24

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Psalm 72:1

[A Psalm] for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.

Psalm 72:2

He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

Psalm 72:3

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

Psalm 72:4

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

Psalm 72:5

They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

Psalm 72:6

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.

Psalm 72:7

In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

Psalm 72:8

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

Psalm 72:9

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Psalm 72:10

The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Psalm 72:11

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

Psalm 72:12

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.

Psalm 72:13

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

Psalm 72:14

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

Psalm 72:15

And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; [and] daily shall he be praised.

Psalm 72:16

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Psalm 72:17

His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

Psalm 72:18

Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

Psalm 72:19

And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 72:20

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

Psalm 73:1

A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.

Psalm 73:2

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:4

For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.

Psalm 73:5

They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men.

Psalm 73:6

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.

Psalm 73:7

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Psalm 73:8

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.

Psalm 73:9

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Psalm 73:10

Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.

Psalm 73:11

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Psalm 73:12

Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.

Psalm 73:13

Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Psalm 73:14

For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

Psalm 73:15

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.