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 chief musician; set to Shoshannim. A psalm of David. Save me, God; for the waters have put my life in danger.

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 place to stand; I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me.

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

I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry; 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.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs on my head; those who would cut me off, being my enemies for wrong reasons, are mighty; what I did not steal, I have to give back.

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

God, you know my foolishness, and my sins are 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.

Let not those who hope in you be put to shame because of me, Lord Yahweh of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor because of me, God of Israel.

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

For your sake I have borne rebuke; shame has covered my face.

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

I have become a stranger to my brothers, 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 rebukes of those who rebuke you have fallen on me.

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

When I wept and did not eat food, they insulted me.

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

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became the object of a proverb to them.

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 city gate talk about me; I am a song of 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, Yahweh, at a time that you will accept; answer me in the trustworthiness 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.

Pull me out of the mire, and do not let me sink; let me be taken away from those who hate me and rescued 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.

Do not let the floods of water overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.

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

Answer me, Yahweh, for your covenant faithfulness is good; because your mercies for me are many, turn to me.

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

Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress; answer me quickly.

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

Come to me and 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 my rebuke, 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.

Rebuke has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; I looked 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 poison for my food; 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 before them become a snare; when they think they are in safety, 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 so that they cannot see; and always make their loins 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 the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

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

Let their place be a desolation; let no one live 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 persecuted the one you struck down. They repeated the account of the pain of those you have wounded.

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

Accuse them of having committed iniquity after iniquity; do not let them come into your righteous victory.

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 Life and not be written down along 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, 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 exalt him with thanksgiving.

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

That will please Yahweh better than an ox or a bull that has horns and hooves.

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

The meek have seen it and are glad; you who seek after God, let your hearts live.

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

For Yahweh hears the needy and does not despise his prisoners.

34 Let 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 abide there, and have it in possession:

For God will save Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah; the people will live there and have it as a possession.

36 And the seed of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

His servants' descendants will inherit it; and those who love his name will live there.