Psalms 69
1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILIES.” BY DAVID. Save me, O God, for waters have come to the soul.
For the leader. On shoshannim. Of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are threatening my life.
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 sunk in depths of mire, where ground there is none. I am come into deep deep waters, the flood overwhelms 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 is parched, my eyes are wasted with waiting for 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.
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, You have known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations have not been hid from You.
O God, you know my folly, my guilt is 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.
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 For because of You I have borne reproach, Shame has covered my face.
It’s in your cause that I have borne taunts, and my face has been covered with shame;
8 I have been a stranger to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.
I became to my kindred a foreigner, to my mother’s sons a stranger.
9 For [my] zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of Your reproachers Have fallen on me.
It was zeal for your house that consumed me, and the insults they hurled at you fell upon me.
10 And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.
When I chastened myself with fasting, they took occasion to taunt me.
11 And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am for an allegory to them.
When I put on a garment of sackcloth, they made me the theme of a taunt-song.
12 Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.
Those who sit in the gate make sport of me in the music of drunken songs.
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 pray to you, Lord, for a time of favour. In your great love answer me; with your loyal help, save me
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.
from sinking down in the mire. Lift me out of the deep 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.
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 YHWH, for Your kindness [is] good, Turn to me according to the abundance of Your mercies,
Answer me, Lord, in your gracious kindness, turn to me in your great compassion.
17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress—hurry, answer me.
Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in trouble; O answer me speedily.
18 Be near to my soul—redeem it, Ransom me because of my enemies.
Draw near to me, redeem me; because of my enemies, ransom me.
19 You have known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, All my adversaries [are] before You.
You know how I am insulted; in your sight are all my foes.
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.
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 give gall for my food, And cause me to drink vinegar for my thirst.
Poison they gave me for food, and to slake my thirst they gave vinegar.
22 Their table before them is for a snare, And for a repayment—for a trap.
May their table, outspread, be a trap to them, and their peace-offerings be a snare.
23 Their eyes are darkened from seeing, And their loins continually shake You.
May their eyes be darkened and blind, make them shake without ceasing.
24 Pour Your indignation on them, And the fierceness of Your anger seizes them.
Pour your indignation upon them, let your burning wrath overtake them.
25 Their tower is desolated, There is no dweller in their tents.
May their camp be a desolation, in their tents be there none to live.
26 For they have pursued him [whom] You have struck, And recount of the pain of Your pierced ones.
For those whom you struck, they persecute, and those whom you wounded, they pain yet more.
27 Give punishment for their iniquity, And they do not enter into Your righteousness.
Charge them with sin upon sin, may they not be acquitted by you.
28 They are blotted out of the scroll of life, And are not written with the righteous.
From the book of life be they blotted, may their names not be written with the righteous.
29 And I [am] afflicted and pained, Your salvation, O God, sets me on high.
Lift me, O God, by your help above my pain and misery.
30 I praise the Name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving,
Then will I praise God in song and magnify him with thanksgiving,
31 And it is better to YHWH than an ox, A bullock—horned [and] hoofed.
which shall please the Lord better than ox, or than bullock with horns and hoofs.
32 The humble have seen—they rejoice, You who seek God—and your heart lives.
The oppressed shall rejoice at the sight. You who seek after God, let your heart revive.
33 For YHWH listens to the needy, And He has not despised His bound ones.
For the Lord listens to the poor, he does not despise his prisoners.
34 The heavens and earth praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them.
Let the heavens and the earth sing his praises, the seas, and all creatures that move in them.
35 For God saves Zion, And builds the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.
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 inherit it, And those loving His Name dwell in it!
His servants’ children shall have it for heritage, and those who love him shall live therein.
