Psalms 69

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

Unto the end. For those who will be changed: of David. Save me, O God, for the waters have entered, even to my soul.

2 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.

I have become stuck in a deep quagmire, and there is no firm footing. I have arrived at the height of the sea, and a tempest has overwhelmed me.

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

I have endured hardships, while crying out. My jaws have become hoarse; my eyes have failed. Meanwhile, I hope in my God.

4 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.

Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. My enemies, who persecuted me unjustly, have been strengthened. Then I was required to pay for what I did not take.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from thee.

O God, you know my foolishness, and my offenses have not been hidden from you.

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

Let those who wait for you, O Lord, the Lord of hosts, not be shamed in me. Let those who seek you, O God of Israel, not be confounded over me.

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

For because of you, I have endured reproach; confusion has covered my face.

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

I have become a stranger to my brothers and a sojourner to the sons of my mother.

9 For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me.

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

And I covered my soul with fasting, and it has become a reproach to me.

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

And I put on a haircloth as my garment, and I became a parable to them.

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

Those who sat at the gate spoke against me, and those who drank wine made me their song.

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

But as for me, truly, my prayer is to you, O Lord. This time has pleased you well, O God. In the multitude of your mercy, in the truth of your salvation, hear me.

14 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.

Rescue me from the quagmire, so that I may not become trapped. Free me from those who hate me and from deep waters.

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

Do not allow the tempest of water to submerge me, nor the deep to absorb me. And do not allow the well to close in on me.

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

Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.

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

And do not turn your face away from your servant, for I am in trouble: heed me quickly.

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

Attend to my soul, and free it. Rescue me, because of my enemies.

19 For thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before thee.

You know my reproach, and my confusion, and my reverence.

20 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.

All those who trouble me are in your sight; my heart has anticipated reproach and misery. And I sought for one who might grieve together with me, but there was no one, and for one who might console me, and I found no one.

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

And they gave me gall for my food. And in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

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

Let their table be a snare before them, and a retribution, and a scandal.

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

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, and may their back always be crooked.

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

Pour out your indignation upon them, and may the fury of your anger take hold of them.

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

May their dwelling place be deserted, and may there be no one who dwells in their tabernacles.

26 Because they persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

For they persecuted whomever you 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.

Assign an iniquity upon their iniquity, and may they not enter into your justice.

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

Delete them from the Book of the Living, and let them not be written down with the just.

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

I am poor and sorrowful, but your salvation, O God, has taken me up.

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

I will praise the name of God with a canticle, and I will magnify him with praise.

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

And it will please God more than a new calf producing horns and hoofs.

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

Let the poor see and rejoice. Seek God, and your soul will live.

33 For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nought his fettered ones.

For the Lord has heard the poor, and he has not despised his prisoners.

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

Let the heavens and the earth praise him: the sea, and everything that crawls in it.

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

For God will save Zion, and the cities of Judah will be built up. And they will dwell there, and they will acquire it by inheritance.

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

And the offspring of his servants will possess it; and those who love his name will dwell in it.