8 I am become an out-cast from my brethren, An alien from the sons of my mother. 9 Because jealousy for thy house hath eaten me up, Therefore the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me. 10 When I wept away my soul, with fasting, * [C] Then it was turned to my reproach. 11 When I make sackcloth my garment, I serve them for a proverb. 12 I am the talk of them that sit in the gate, And I am made the song of the drunkard. [D] IV. 13 But for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah ; O God, it is the season of reconciliation; * i. e. When I wept and fasted. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters. 15 Let not the torrents of waters overwhelm me; And let not the deep swallow me; Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Answer me, O Jehovah, for good is thy tender love; According to the abundance of thy compassion turn unto me. 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; Truly trouble is upon me; hasten to answer me. 18 Draw near to the rescue of my soul; Deliver me, because of mine enemies. 19 Thou hast known my reproach, my shame, and my dishonour: All my tormentors are before thee. 20 Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am ill; VOL. II. C I look for some one to have compassion, but there is none; For comforters, but such I find not. 21 And they give me gall for my meat, And in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink. V. 22 Let their table, [spread] before them, become a snare, And for retribution, for a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened that they see not, And ever make their loins to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them; 25 Let their castle become desolate; In their tents let there be no inhabitant: 26 Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten, And have added [E] to the anguish of those who are wounded of thee. 27 Give them punishment upon punishment, And admit them not to thy justification. 28 Let them be blotted out of the register of the living, And with the just let them not be written. 29 But for me, poor [as I am] and sorrowful, Thy salvation, O God, shall set me high. VI. 30 I will praise the name of God in song, And magnify him with thanksgiving. 31 And this shall please Jehovah more than an ox, [More than] the horned bullock with cloven hoof. 32 Behold, ye humble, and be glad, [F] Seek God, and let your heart be joyous. * * Literally, " and let your heart live." 33 For Jehovah heareth the poor, And his prisoners he despiseth not. 34 Let the heavens and the earth praise him, The waters and all that moveth therein. And they shall dwell there, and possess the land.* 36 Even the seed of his servants shall inherit it, And the lovers of his name shall be settled there. PSALM LXX. [See Notes.] PSALM LXXI. [A] 1 O Jehovah, with thee I have-taken-shelter; Let me not be-brought-to shame for ever. *The land," literally, "it," i. e. Sion, or Judah. |