Psalms 69

1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILIES.” BY DAVID. Save me, O God, for waters have come to the soul.

For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.

2 I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood has overflown me.

I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.

3 I have been wearied with my calling, My throat has been burned, My eyes have been consumed, waiting for my God.

I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.

4 Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I did not take away—I bring back.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away.

5 O God, You have known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations have not been hid from You.

O God, you know my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from you.

6 Do not let those waiting on You be ashamed because of me, O Lord, YHWH of Hosts, Do not let those seeking You Blush because of me, O God of Israel.

Let not them that wait on you, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek you, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.

7 For because of You I have borne reproach, Shame has covered my face.

For I have suffered reproach for your sake; shame has covered my face.

8 I have been a stranger to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.

I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children.

9 For [my] zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of Your reproachers Have fallen on me.

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

10 And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.

And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.

11 And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am for an allegory to them.

And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.

12 Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.

They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.

13 And my prayer [is] to You, O YHWH, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Your kindness, Answer me in the truth of Your salvation.

But I [will cry] to you, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.

14 Deliver me from the mire, and do not let me sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters.

Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.

15 Do not let a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth on me.

Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

16 Answer me, O YHWH, for Your kindness [is] good, Turn to me according to the abundance of Your mercies,

Hear me, O Lord; for your mercy is good: according to the multitude of your compassions look upon me.

17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress—hurry, answer me.

And turn not away your face from your servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.

18 Be near to my soul—redeem it, Ransom me because of my enemies.

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

19 You have known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, All my adversaries [are] before You.

For you know my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before you.

20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.

21 And they give gall for my food, And cause me to drink vinegar for my thirst.

They gave [me] also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst.

22 Their table before them is for a snare, And for a repayment—for a trap.

Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling block.

23 Their eyes are darkened from seeing, And their loins continually shake You.

Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.

24 Pour Your indignation on them, And the fierceness of Your anger seizes them.

Pour out your wrath upon them, and let the fury of your anger take hold on them.

25 Their tower is desolated, There is no dweller in their tents.

Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents:

26 For they have pursued him [whom] You have struck, And recount of the pain of Your pierced ones.

Because they persecuted him whom you have struck; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

27 Give punishment for their iniquity, And they do not enter into Your righteousness.

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

28 They are blotted out of the scroll of life, And are not written with the righteous.

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

29 And I [am] afflicted and pained, Your salvation, O God, sets me on high.

I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of your countenance has helped me.

30 I praise the Name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving,

I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise;

31 And it is better to YHWH than an ox, A bullock—horned [and] hoofed.

and [this] shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs.

32 The humble have seen—they rejoice, You who seek God—and your heart lives.

Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and you shall live.

33 For YHWH listens to the needy, And He has not despised His bound ones.

For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nothing his fettered ones.

34 The heavens and earth praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them.

Let the heavens and the earth raise him, the sea, and all things moving in them.

35 For God saves Zion, And builds the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.

For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.

36 And the seed of His servants inherit it, And those loving His Name dwell in it!

And the seed of his servants shall possess it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.