Psalms 69

1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come in to my soul.

For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.

2 I sink in deep mire where there is no standing. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.

3 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dried. My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.

4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away.

5 O God, thou know my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from thee.

O God, you know my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from you.

6 Let not those who wait for thee be put to shame through me, O lord Jehovah of hosts. Let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

Let not them that wait on you, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek you, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.

7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame has covered my face.

For I have suffered reproach for your sake; shame has covered my face.

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's sons.

I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children.

9 For the zeal of thy house has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach thee have fallen upon me.

For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen upon me.

10 When I wept in my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.

12 Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.

13 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Jehovah. In an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy loving kindness, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

But I [will cry] to you, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.

15 Let not the water flood overwhelm me, nor let the deep swallow me up. And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

16 Answer me, O Jehovah, for thy loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou to me,

Hear me, O Lord; for your mercy is good: according to the multitude of your compassions look upon me.

17 and hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily.

And turn not away your face from your servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.

18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

Draw near to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

19 Thou know my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before thee.

For you know my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before you.

20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.

21 They also gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

They gave [me] also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst.

22 Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.

Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling block.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and bow down their back continually.

Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

Pour out your wrath upon them, and let the fury of your anger take hold on them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate. Let none dwell in their tents.

Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents:

26 For they persecute him whom thou have smitten, and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou have wounded.

Because they persecuted him whom you have struck; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into your righteousness.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be written with the righteous.

29 But I am poor and sorrowful. Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of your countenance has helped me.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving,

I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise;

31 and it will please Jehovah better than an ox, or a bullock that has horns and hoofs.

and [this] shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs.

32 The meek have seen it, and are glad. Ye who seek after God, let your heart live.

Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and you shall live.

33 For Jehovah hears the needy, and does not despise his prisoners.

For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nothing his fettered ones.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves therein.

Let the heavens and the earth raise him, the sea, and all things moving in them.

35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.

36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell therein.

And the seed of his servants shall possess it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.