Psalms 69

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

For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in even unto the soul.

2 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.

I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.

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

I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 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.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are many; should I restore that which I took not away?

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

O God, Thou knowest my folly; and my trespasses are not hid from Thee.

6 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.

Let not them that wait for Thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; let not those that seek Thee be brought to confusion through me, O God of Israel.

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

Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

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

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

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

Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me.

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

And I wept with my soul fasting, and that became unto me a reproach.

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

I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them.

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

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

13 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.

But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy, answer me with the truth of Thy salvation.

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

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 your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.

Answer me, O LORD, for Thy mercy is good; according to the multitude of Thy compassions turn Thou unto me.

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

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

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

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

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

Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; mine adversaries are all before Thee.

20 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.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick; and I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

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

Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26 For they persecuted whomever you struck. And they have added to the grief of my wounds.

For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten; and they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded.

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

Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into Thy righteousness.

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

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

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

But I am afflicted and in pain; let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

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

And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

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

The humble shall see it, and be glad; ye that seek after God, let your heart revive.

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

For the LORD hearkeneth unto the needy, and despiseth not His prisoners.

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

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

35 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.

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

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

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