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 end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my 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 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.

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] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on 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: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to 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.

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

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

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

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

And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to 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 talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.

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 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.

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

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.

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 drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

16 Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 should not see; and bow down their back continually.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into your 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 let them not be written with the righteous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.

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

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