Lesson 30: A Cry for Help
(my favorite part in the book of Psalm. full of meaningful and deep words..)
Psalm 69
A Cry for Help
(1) Save me, O God!
The water is up to my neck;
(2) I am sinking in deep mud,
and there is no solid ground;
I am out in deep water,
and the waves are about to drown me.
(3) I am worn out from calling for Help,
and my throat is aching.
I have strained eyes,
looking for your Help.
(4) Those who hate me for no reason
are more numerous that the
hairs of my head.
My enemies tell lies against me;
they are strong and want to kill me.
They made me give back things I
did not steal.
(5) My sins, O god, are not hidden from you;
you know how foolish I have been.
(6) Don't let me bring shame on those
who trust in you,
Sovereign Lord Almighty!
Don't let me bring disagree to those who worship you,
O God of Israel!
(7) Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
(8) I am a foreigner to my own family,
a stranger to my own mother’s children;
(9) for zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
(10) When I weep and fast,
I must endure scorn;
(11) when I put on sackcloth,
people make sport of me.
(12) Those who sit at the gate mock me,
and I am the song of the drunkards.
(13) But I pray to you, Lord,
in the time of your favor;
in your great love, O God,
answer me with your sure salvation.
(14) Rescue me from the mire,
do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
from the deep waters.
(15) Do not let the floodwaters engulf me
or the depths swallow me up
or the pit close its mouth over me.
(16) Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;
in your great mercy turn to me.
(17) Do not hide your face from your servant;
answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
(18) Come near and rescue me;
deliver me because of my foes.
(19) You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;
all my enemies are before you.
(20) Scorn has broken my heart
and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for comforters, but I found none.
(21) They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
(22) May the table set before them become a snare;
may it become retribution and a trap.
(23) May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.
(24) Pour out your wrath on them;
let your fierce anger overtake them.
(25) May their place be deserted;
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
(26) For they persecute those you wound
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
(27) Charge them with crime upon crime;
do not let them share in your salvation.
(28) May they be blotted out of the book of life
and not be listed with the righteous.
(29) But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
may your salvation, God, protect me.
(30) I will praise God’s name in song
and glorify him with thanksgiving.
(31) This will please the Lord more than an ox,
more than a bull with its horns and hooves.
(32) The poor will see and be glad—
you who seek God, may your hearts live!
(33) The Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his captive people.
(34) Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and all that move in them,
(35) for God will save Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah.
Then people will settle there and possess it;
(36) the children of his servants will inherit it,
and those who love his name will dwell there.
AMEN!
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Written By: Heyitz_Heart24
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