Psalms 69

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

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

I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in 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 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, You have known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations have not been hid from You.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 from the mire, and do not let me sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of 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 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 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 YHWH, for Your kindness [is] good, Turn to me according to the abundance of Your mercies,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; 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 thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.

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 with the just let them not be written.

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

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

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

I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.

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

And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth 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 ye God, and your soul shall live.

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

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

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

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

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 Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.

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.