Psalms 69

1 “To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, by David.” Save me, O God; for the waters are come even to threaten my life.

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.

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

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.

3 I am weary of my calling; my throat is hoarse; my eyes fail, while I hope for my God.

I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.

4 More than the hairs of my head are those that hate me without a cause; numerous are those that would destroy me, that are my enemies wrongfully: what I have not robbed shall I now restore.

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.

5 O God, thou art well aware of my folly, and my guilty deeds are from thee not hidden.

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:

6 Let not those that wait on thee, O Lord Eternal of hosts, be made ashamed through me: let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

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.

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

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

8 A stranger am I become unto my brothers, and an alien unto my mother's children.

I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.

9 Because the zeal for thy house hath devoured me; and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10 When I wept at the fasting of my soul, it became a reproach to me.

And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.

11 And when I made sackcloth my garment, I became a proverb to them.

And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.

12 Those that sit in the gate talk against me; and [about me make] songs the drinkers of strong drink.

They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.

13 But as for me, I direct my prayer unto thee, O Lord, in a time of favor; O God, in the multitude of thy kindness: answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

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.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, that I may not sink: let me be delivered from those that hate me, and out of the depths of the waters.

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.

15 Let not the flood of waters overflow me, and let not the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit close its mouth upon me.

Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

16 Answer me, O Lord; for thy kindness is good: according to the multitude of thy mercies turn thou unto me.

Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress: make haste and answer me.

And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: because of my enemies do thou ransom me.

Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.

19 Thou well knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion: before thee are all my assailants.

Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.

20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sick; and I waited for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

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.

21 And they put into my food gall; and in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.

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

22 May [then] their table become a snare before them: and to those that are at peace, a trap.

Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.

23 May their eyes become dark, that they cannot see; and make their loins continually to waver.

Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.

24 Pour out over them thy indignation, and let the heat of thy anger overtake them.

Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

25 May their palace become desolate: in their tents let no one dwell.

Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.

26 For whom thou hast smitten they persecute; and of the pain of those whom thou but wounded do they converse.

Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

27 Lay guilt upon their guilt; and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.

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

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.

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

But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.

30 I will praise the name of God with 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 this will please the Lord better than an ox or bullock having horns and cloven hoofs.

And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.

32 The meek will see this, and be rejoiced: ye that seek God, and your heart shall revive.

Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.

33 For the Lord listeneth unto the needy, and his prisoners he despiseth not.

For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.

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

Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.

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

For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and 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 seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.