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.

Save me, O God, for the waters have come in to my soul.

2 I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I sink in deep mire where there is no standing. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

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

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dried. My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine 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 a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

O God, thou know my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from thee.

6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Let not those who wait for thee be put to shame through me, O lord Jehovah of hosts. Let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

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

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame has covered my face.

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

I have become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's sons.

9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

For the zeal of thy house has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach thee have fallen upon me.

10 When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

When I wept in my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.

Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Jehovah. In an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy loving kindness, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

14 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.

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Let not the water flood overwhelm me, nor let the deep swallow me up. And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness [is] good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Answer me, O Jehovah, for thy loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou to me,

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

and hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily.

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.

Thou know my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before thee.

20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

They also 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 [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.

Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.

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 cannot see, and bow down their back continually.

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

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

25 Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents.

Let their habitation be desolate. Let none dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

For they persecute him whom thou have smitten, and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou have wounded.

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

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

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

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

29 But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

But I am poor and sorrowful. Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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 song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving,

31 [This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

and it will please Jehovah better than an ox, or a bullock that has horns and hoofs.

32 The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

The meek have seen it, and are glad. Ye who seek after God, let your heart live.

33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

For Jehovah hears the needy, and does not despise his prisoners.

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

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves therein.

35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

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

36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell therein.