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.
For the leader. On shoshannim. Of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are threatening my life.
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 am sunk in depths of mire, where ground there is none. I am come into deep deep waters, the flood overwhelms 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 crying, my throat is parched, my eyes are wasted with waiting for 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.
More than the hairs of my head are those who wantonly hate me. More than my bones in number are those who are falsely my foes. That which I never robbed, how am I then to restore?
5 O God, thou art well aware of my folly, and my guilty deeds are from thee not hidden.
O God, you know my folly, my guilt is not hidden 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.
Through me let not any be shamed, who wait for you, Lord God of hosts. Through me let not those be confounded who seek you, O God of Israel.
7 Because for thy sake have I borne reproach, hath confusion covered my face.
It’s in your cause that I have borne taunts, and my face has been covered with shame;
8 A stranger am I become unto my brothers, and an alien unto my mother's children.
I became to my kindred a foreigner, to my mother’s sons a stranger.
9 Because the zeal for thy house hath devoured me; and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
It was zeal for your house that consumed me, and the insults they hurled at you fell upon me.
10 When I wept at the fasting of my soul, it became a reproach to me.
When I chastened myself with fasting, they took occasion to taunt me.
11 And when I made sackcloth my garment, I became a proverb to them.
When I put on a garment of sackcloth, they made me the theme of a taunt-song.
12 Those that sit in the gate talk against me; and [about me make] songs the drinkers of strong drink.
Those who sit in the gate make sport of me in the music of drunken songs.
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 I pray to you, Lord, for a time of favor. In your great love answer me; with your loyal help, save me
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.
from sinking down in the mire. Lift me out of the deep 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.
that the rushing flood may not drown me, that the deep may not swallow me up, nor the pit close 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.
Answer me, Lord, in your gracious kindness, turn to me in your great compassion.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress: make haste and answer me.
Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in trouble; O answer me speedily.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: because of my enemies do thou ransom me.
Draw near to me, redeem me; because of my enemies, ransom me.
19 Thou well knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion: before thee are all my assailants.
You know how I am insulted; in your sight are all my foes.
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.
Insult has broken my heart, past cure are my shame and confusion. For pity I looked – 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.
Poison they gave me for food, and to slake my thirst they gave vinegar.
22 May [then] their table become a snare before them: and to those that are at peace, a trap.
May their table, outspread, be a trap to them, and their peace-offerings be a snare.
23 May their eyes become dark, that they cannot see; and make their loins continually to waver.
May their eyes be darkened and blind, make them shake without ceasing.
24 Pour out over them thy indignation, and let the heat of thy anger overtake them.
Pour your indignation upon them, let your burning wrath overtake them.
25 May their palace become desolate: in their tents let no one dwell.
May their camp be a desolation, in their tents be there none to live.
26 For whom thou hast smitten they persecute; and of the pain of those whom thou but wounded do they converse.
For those whom you struck, they persecute, and those whom you wounded, they pain yet more.
27 Lay guilt upon their guilt; and let them not come into thy righteousness.
Charge them with sin upon sin, may they not be acquitted by you.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the righteous let them not be written down.
From the book of life be they blotted, may their names not be written with the righteous.
29 But I am poor and suffering: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Lift me, O God, by your help above my pain and misery.
30 I will praise the name of God with song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Then will I praise God in song and magnify him with thanksgiving,
31 And this will please the Lord better than an ox or bullock having horns and cloven hoofs.
which shall please the Lord better than ox, or than bullock with horns and hoofs.
32 The meek will see this, and be rejoiced: ye that seek God, and your heart shall revive.
The oppressed shall rejoice at the sight. You who seek after God, let your heart revive.
33 For the Lord listeneth unto the needy, and his prisoners he despiseth not.
For the Lord listens to the poor, he does not despise his prisoners.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
Let the heavens and the earth sing his praises, the seas, and all creatures that move in them.
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 bring help to Zion, and build up the cities of Judah, his people shall live there in possession.
36 And the seed of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
His servants’ children shall have it for heritage, and those who love him shall live therein.
