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 chief Musician. Upon 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 the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth 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 parched; 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 my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

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

Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.

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.

Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

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

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion 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 sons;

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

For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

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

And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; —

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

And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to 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 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 as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to 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, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths 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.

Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

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

Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;

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

And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.

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

Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.

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

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 overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, 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.

Yea, 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 become a snare before them, and their very welfare 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 your wrath upon them, and let the fury of your anger take hold on them.

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

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

Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller 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 him whom thou hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into your 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 your countenance has helped me.

But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure 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 Jehovah more than an ox, — a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.

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

The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live.

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

For Jehovah 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 heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything 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 will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell 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 shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.