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.

Save me, O God; for the waters are come in to 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 sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

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

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for 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 that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored 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, you know my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from you.

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

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

Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has 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 brothers, and an alien to my mother’s children.

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 your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen on me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 you, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your 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.

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.

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 flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth on 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 your loving kindness is good: turn to me according to the multitude of your tender mercies.

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

And hide not your face from your 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.

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

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

You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries are all before you.

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.

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

They gave me also gall for my meat; 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 a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

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 make their loins continually to shake.

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

Pour out your indignation on them, and let your wrathful anger take hold of them.

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

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

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

For they persecute him whom you have smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom you have wounded.

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

Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not come into your righteousness.

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 not be written with the righteous.

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

But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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 song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

31 And this will please the Lord better than an ox or bullock having horns and cloven hoofs.

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs.

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

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

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

For the LORD hears the poor, and despises not his prisoners.

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

Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moves 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 Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

36 And the seed 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 they that love his name shall dwell therein.