Psalms 69
1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
“For the leader of the music. Upon the Shoshannim. A psalm of David.” Save me, O God! For the waters press in to my very life!
2 I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
I sink in deep mire, where is no standing; I have come into deep waters, and the waves flow over me.
3 I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
I am weary with crying; my throat is parched; Mine eyes are wasted, while I wait for my God.
4 They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.
More numerous than the hairs of my head are they who hate me without reason; Mighty are they who seek to destroy me, being my enemies without cause: I must restore what I took not away.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:
O God! thou knowest my offences, And my sins are not hidden from thee!
6 Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.
Let not them that trust in thee through me be put to shame, O Lord Jehovah, God of hosts! Let not them that seek thee through me be confounded, O God of Israel!
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
For on account of thee do I suffer reproach, And shame covereth my face!
8 I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.
I am become a stranger to my brothers; Yea, an alien to my mother's sons.
9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
For zeal for thy house consumeth me, And the reproaches of them that reproach thee fall upon me.
10 And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.
When I weep and fast, That is made my reproach;
11 And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.
When I clothe myself in sackcloth, Then I become their by-word.
12 They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.
They who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am become the song of drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Yet will I address my prayer to thee, O LORD! May it be in an acceptable time according to thy great goodness! Hear, O God! and afford me thy sure help!
14 Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Save me from the mire, and let me not sink; May I be delivered from my enemies, —from the deep waters!
15 Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Let not the water-flood overflow me; Let not the deep swallow me up, And let not the pit close her mouth upon me!
16 Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Hear me, O LORD! since great is thy loving-kindness; According to the abundance of thy tender mercies look upon me!
17 And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
Hide not thy face from thy servant; I am greatly distressed, O make haste to mine aid!
18 Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.
Draw near to me, and redeem my life; Deliver me because of my enemies!
19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.
Thou knowest my reproach, and dishonor, and shame; All my adversaries are in thy view!
20 In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I look for pity, but there is none; For comforters, but find none.
21 And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
For my food they give me gall, And in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.
May their table be to them a snare; May it be a trap to them, while they are at ease!
23 Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.
May their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; And cause their loins continually to shake!
24 Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Pour out upon them thine indignation, And may the heat of thine anger overtake them!
25 Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.
Let their habitation be desolate, And let none dwell in their tents!
26 Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
For they persecute those whom thou hast smitten, And talk of the pain of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.
Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them never come into thy favor!
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; Let not their names be written with the righteous!
29 But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.
But I am poor, and sorrowful: May thine aid, O God! set me on high!
30 I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.
Then I will praise the name of God in a song; I will give glory to him with thanksgiving.
31 And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.
More pleasing shall this be to the LORD Than a full-horned and full-hoofed bullock.
32 Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.
The afflicted shall see, and rejoice; The hearts of them that fear God shall be revived.
33 For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.
For the LORD heareth the poor, And despiseth not his people in their bonds.
34 Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.
Let the heaven and the earth praise him; The sea, and all that move therein!
35 For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell therein, and possess it.
36 And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Yea, the posterity of his servants shall possess it, And they that love him shall dwell therein.
