Psalms 69

1 To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.

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

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

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.

3 I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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

4 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.

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.

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

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

6 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.

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.

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

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

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;

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

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

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

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

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

11 And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

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

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

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

13 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:

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.

14 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.

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

15 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 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.

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.

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

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

22 Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;

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

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

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

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

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

25 Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.

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

26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

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

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

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

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

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

29 But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

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

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

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

31 And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, — a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.

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

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

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

33 For Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.

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

34 Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.

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

35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:

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.

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

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