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 choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.

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 into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs 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 from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking 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 who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

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

You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.

6 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.

May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.

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

For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame 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 foreigner to my mother’s sons,

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

because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

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

I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

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

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

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

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

13 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.

But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure 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.

Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes 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.

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

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

Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

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

Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

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

Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.

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

You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. 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.

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

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

They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

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

May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

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

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

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

Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.

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

May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

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

For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.

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

Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

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

May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

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

But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

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

I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

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

And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.

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

The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

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

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

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 everything that moves 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 will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.

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

The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.