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.

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILIES.” BY DAVID. Save me, O God, for waters have come to the 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 sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood has overflown me.

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

I have been wearied with my calling, My throat has been burned, My eyes have been consumed, waiting for 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 hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I did not take away—I bring back.

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

O God, You have known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations have not been hid 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.

Do not let those waiting on You be ashamed because of me, O Lord, YHWH of Hosts, Do not let those seeking You Blush because of me, O God of Israel.

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

For because of You I have borne reproach, Shame has covered my face.

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

I have been a stranger to my brother, And a foreigner to 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 [my] zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of Your reproachers Have fallen on me.

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

And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.

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

And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am for an allegory to them.

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

Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.

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.

And my prayer [is] to You, O YHWH, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Your kindness, Answer me in the truth of Your salvation.

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.

Deliver me from the mire, and do not let me sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of 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 let a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth on me.

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

Answer me, O YHWH, for Your kindness [is] good, Turn to me according to the abundance of Your mercies,

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

And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress—hurry, answer me.

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

Be near to my soul—redeem it, Ransom 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 have known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, All my adversaries [are] before You.

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.

Reproach has broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

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

And they give gall for my food, And cause me to drink vinegar for my thirst.

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

Their table before them is for a snare, And for a repayment—for a trap.

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

Their eyes are darkened from seeing, And their loins continually shake You.

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

Pour Your indignation on them, And the fierceness of Your anger seizes them.

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

Their tower is desolated, There is no dweller in their tents.

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

For they have pursued him [whom] You have struck, And recount of the pain of Your pierced ones.

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

Give punishment for their iniquity, And they do not enter into Your righteousness.

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

They are blotted out of the scroll of life, And are not written with the righteous.

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

And I [am] afflicted and pained, Your salvation, O God, sets me on high.

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

I praise the Name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving,

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

And it is better to YHWH than an ox, A bullock—horned [and] hoofed.

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

The humble have seen—they rejoice, You who seek God—and your heart lives.

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

For YHWH listens to the needy, And He has not despised His bound ones.

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

The heavens and earth praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them.

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

For God saves Zion, And builds the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.

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

And the seed of His servants inherit it, And those loving His Name dwell in it!