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.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.

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

I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

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

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking 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 cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

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

You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.

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.

May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.

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

For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and 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 a foreigner 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.

because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

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

I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

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

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

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

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of 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 my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure 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.

Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes 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.

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over 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 LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

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

Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

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

Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.

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

You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.

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.

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

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

They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

22 Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.

May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

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

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

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

Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.

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

May their place be deserted; let there be no one to 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 the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.

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

Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

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

May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

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

But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

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

I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

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

And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.

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

The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

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

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

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 in them.

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 rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.

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

The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.