They that hate me without a cause, are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, and are mine enemies [a]falsely, are mighty, so that I restored that which I [b]took not.

O God, thou knowest my [c]foolishness, and my faults are not hid from thee.

Let not them that trust in thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for [d]me: let not those that seek thee, be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:4 Condemning me guiltless.
  2. Psalm 69:4 They judged me poor innocent as a thief, and gave my goods to others, as though I had stolen them.
  3. Psalm 69:5 Though I be guilty to theeward, yet am I innocent toward them.
  4. Psalm 69:6 Let not mine evil entreaty of the enemies be an occasion, that the faithful fall from thee.

Those who hate me(A) without reason(B)
    outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,(C)
    those who seek to destroy me.(D)
I am forced to restore
    what I did not steal.

You, God, know my folly;(E)
    my guilt is not hidden from you.(F)

Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    may those who hope in you
    not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
    may those who seek you
    not be put to shame because of me.

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