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.

For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto 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 sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

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

I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait 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.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

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

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

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 not them that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts: let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, O God of Israel.

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

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

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

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

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

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

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

When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

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

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb unto them.

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

They that sit in the gate talk of me; and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

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, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, answer me in the truth of thy 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 out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the 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.

Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

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

Answer me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

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

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.

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

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: ransom me because of mine enemies.

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

Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

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 hath 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.

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

They gave me also gall for my meat; 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 before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.

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

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

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

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

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

Let their habitation be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.

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

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded,

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

Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

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

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

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

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

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 song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

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

And it shall please the LORD better than an ox, [or] a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

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

The meek have seen it, and are glad: ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

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

For the LORD heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.

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

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

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 build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

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

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.