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Psalm 69

1 The cõplaints, prayers, feruent zeale & great anguiſh of Dauid is ſet forthe as a figure of Chriſt & all his mẽbers: 21 The malicious crueltie of the enemies, 22 And their puniſhment alſo, 26 Where Iudas & ſuche traitours are accurſed. 30 He gathereth courage in his afflictiõ & offreth praiſes vnto God, 32 Which are more acceptable then all ſacrifices: where of all the afflicted maie take cõfort. 35 Finally he doeth prouoke all creatures to praiſes, prophecying of the kingdome of Chriſt, & the preſeruaciõ of the Church, where all the faithful, 37 And their ſede ſhal dwel for euer.
¶ To him that excelleth vpon Shoſhannim. A Pſalme of Dauid.
1.SAue me, ô God: for the waters are entred euen to my ſoule.
2.I ſticke faſt in the depe myre, where no ſtaie is: I am come into depe waters, and the ſtreames runne ouer me.
3.I am wearie of crying: my throte is drye: mine eyes faile, whiles I waite for my God.
4.They that hate me without a cauſe, are mo then the heeres of mine head: thei that wolde deſtroye me, and are mine enemies yt falſely, are mightie, ſo that I reſtored that which I toke not.
5.O God, thou knoweſt my fooliſhnes, & my fautes are not hid from thee.
6.Let not them that truſt in thee, ô Lord God of hoſtes, be aſhamed for me: let not thoſe that ſeke thee, be confounded through me, ô God of Iſraél.
7.For thy ſake haue I ſuffred reprofe: ſhame hathe couered my face.
8.I am become a ſtranger vnto my brethrẽ, euen an aliant vnto my mothers ſonnes.
9.For the zeale of thine houſe hathe eaten me, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen vpon me.
10.I wept and my ſoule faſted, but that was to my reprofe.
11.I put on a ſacke alſo: and I became a prouerbe vnto them.
12.They that ſate in the gate, ſpake of me, and the drunkards ſang of me.
13.But Lord, I make my praier vnto thee in an acceptable time, euen in the multitude of thy mercie: ô God, heare me in the trueth of thy ſaluacion.
14.Deliuer me out of the myre, that I ſinke not: let me be deliuered from the that hate me, and out of the depe waters.
15.Let not ye waterflood drowne me, nether let the depe ſwallowe me vp: and let not the pit ſhut her mouth vpon me.
16.Heare me, ô Lord, for thy louing kindenes is good: turne vnto me according to the multitude of thy tendre mercies.
17.And hide not thy face from thy ſeruãt, for I am in trouble: make haſt & heare me.
18.Drawe nere vnto my ſoule & redeme it: deliuer me becauſe of mine enemies.
19.Thou haſt knowen my reprofe and my ſhame, & my diſhonour: all mine aduerſaries are before thee.
20.Rebuke hathe broken mine heart, and I am ful of heauines, and I loked for ſome to haue pitie on me, but there was none: and for comforters, but I founde none.
21.For thei gaue me gall in my meat, and in my thirſt thei gaue me vinegre to drinke.
22.Let their table be a ſnare before them, and their proſperitie their ruine.
23.Let their eyes be blinded that thei ſe not: and make their loynes alwaie to tremble.
24.Powre out thine angre vpon them, & let thy wrathful diſpleaſure take them.
25.Let their habitacion be voide, & let none dwell in their tentes.
26.For thei perſecute him, whome thou haſt ſmiten: and they adde vnto the ſorowe of them, whome thou haſt wounded.
27.Lay iniquitie vpon their iniquitie, & let them not come into thy righteouſnes.
28.Let them be put out of the boke of life, nether let them be writen with the righteous.
29.When I am poore & in heauines, thine helpe, ô God, ſhal exalt me.
30.I wil praiſe the Name of God with a ſong, & magnifie him with thankesgiuing.
31.This alſo ſhal pleaſe the Lord better thẽ a yong bullocke, that hathe hornes and hoofes.
32.The humble ſhal ſe this, & thei that ſeke God, ſhalbe glad, & your heart ſhal liue.
33.For the Lord heareth the poore, and deſpiſeth not his priſoners.
34.Let heauen & earth praiſe him: the ſeas and all that moueth in them.
35.For God wil ſaue Zión, and buylde the cities of Iudáh, that men maie dwell there and haue it in poſſeſsion.
36.The ſede alſo of his ſeruants ſhal inherite it: and thei that loue his Name, ſhal dwell therein.

Notes

1:a.
Of Shoſhannim read Pſal. 45
1:b.
Dauid ſignifieth by the waters, in what great dangers he was, out of ye which God did deliuer hĩ
2:c.
No firmitie or ſtablenes to ſetle my fete
3:d.
Thogh his ſenſes failed him, yet his faith was conſtant & incouraged him ſtil to praie
4:e.
Condemning me giltles.
4:f.
Thei iudged me pore innocent as a thief and gaue my goods to others as thogh I had ſtollen theim.
5:g.
Thogh I be giltie to thee warde, yet am I innocẽt towarde them
6:h.
Let not mine euil intreatie of the enemies be an occaſiõ, yt the faithful fall frõ thee.
9:i.
When I ſawe thine enemies pretend thy Name onely in mouth, and in their life denie the ſame, thine holie Spirit thruſt me forwarde, to reproue thẽ & defend thy glorie.
10:k.
My zeale moued me to lamẽt & prai for my ſaluation
12:l.
The more he ſoght to wine them to God, the more thei were againſt him both poore and riche
13:m.
Knowing that albeit I ſuffer now trouble, yet yu haſt a time, wherin yu haſt appointed my deliuerance.
14:n.
He ſheweth a liuelie faith, in that yt he aſſureth hĩ ſelf, yt God is fauorable to hĩ, whẽ he ſemeth to be angrie: & at hand, when he ſemeth to be farre of
17:o.
Not that he feared yt God wold not heare him, but ye care made him to thinke that God differred long
19:p.
Thou ſeeſt yt I am beſet as a ſhepe among manie wolues.
20:q.
He ſheweth yt it is in vaine to put õ truſt in men in our great neceſsities, but yt our comfort onely dependeth of God: for man rather increaſeth õ ſorowes, then dimiſheth them.
21:*.
Iohn 19.29
22:*.
Rom. 11.9
22:r.
He deſireth God to execute his iudgements againſt the reprobate, wc can not by anie meanes be turned.
23:s.
Take bothe iudgement and power frõ thẽ.
25:*.
Act. 1.20.
25:t.
Puniſh not onely them, but their poſteritie, which ſhalbe like vnto them
27:u.
By their continuance and increaſing in their ſinnes let it be knowen that they be of the reprobate
28:x.
They which ſemed by their profeſsion to haue bene writen in thy boke, yet by their frutes proue the contrarie, let them be knowen as reprobate.
31:y.
There is no ſacrifice, yt God more eſtemeth, then thankesgiuing for his benefites.
33:z.
For as he deliuered his ſeruant Dauid, ſo wil he do all yt are in deſtres, and call vpon him.
36:a.
Vnder the tẽporal promes of the land of Canã is he cõprehẽdeth the promes of life euerlaſting to the faithful & their poſteritie