Psalm 69:1-3, 13-16, 30-36

“Save me, O God!
        For the waters have come up to my neck.
     I sink in deep mire,
        where there is no foothold;
    I have come into deep waters,
        and the flood sweeps over me.
     I am weary with my crying out;
        my throat is parched.
    My eyes grow dim
        with waiting for my God.
 …
But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD.
        At an acceptable time, O God,
        in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
     Deliver me from sinking in the mire;
    let me be delivered from my enemies
        and from the deep waters.
     Let not the flood sweep over me,
        or the deep swallow me up,
        or the pit close its mouth over me.

    Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good;
        according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
…
    I will praise the name of God with a song;
        I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
     This will please the LORD more than an ox
        or a bull with horns and hoofs.
     When the humble see it they will be glad;
        you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
     For the LORD hears the needy
        and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

    Let heaven and earth praise him,
        the seas and everything that moves in them.
     For God will save Zion
        and build up the cities of Judah,
    and people shall dwell there and possess it;
         the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
        and those who love his name shall dwell in it.”