Psalms 69
1 “For the leader of the music. Upon the Shoshannim. A psalm of David.” Save me, O God! For the waters press in to my very life!
Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
2 I sink in deep mire, where is no standing; I have come into deep waters, and the waves flow over me.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 I am weary with crying; my throat is parched; Mine eyes are wasted, while I wait for my God.
I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
4 More numerous than the hairs of my head are they who hate me without reason; Mighty are they who seek to destroy me, being my enemies without cause: I must restore what I took not away.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I am forced to restore what I didn’t steal.
5 O God! thou knowest my offences, And my sins are not hidden from thee!
God, you know my foolishness. My trespass guilt is not hidden from you.
6 Let not them that trust in thee through me be put to shame, O Lord Jehovah, God of hosts! Let not them that seek thee through me be confounded, O God of Israel!
Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, 'Adonay Adonai Tzva'ot [Lord Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies]. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel [God prevails].
7 For on account of thee do I suffer reproach, And shame covereth my face!
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger to my brothers; Yea, an alien to my mother's sons.
I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
9 For zeal for thy house consumeth me, And the reproaches of them that reproach thee fall upon me.
For the zeal of your house consumes me. The insults of those insulting you have fallen on me.
10 When I weep and fast, That is made my reproach;
When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
11 When I clothe myself in sackcloth, Then I become their by-word.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
12 They who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am become the song of drunkards.
Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
13 Yet will I address my prayer to thee, O LORD! May it be in an acceptable time according to thy great goodness! Hear, O God! and afford me thy sure help!
But as for me, my prayer is to you, Adonai, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your yesha' ·salvation·.
14 Save me from the mire, and let me not sink; May I be delivered from my enemies, —from the deep waters!
Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the water-flood overflow me; Let not the deep swallow me up, And let not the pit close her mouth upon me!
Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
16 Hear me, O LORD! since great is thy loving-kindness; According to the abundance of thy tender mercies look upon me!
Answer me, Adonai, for your chesed ·loving-kindness· is good. According to the multitude of your tender rachamim ·merciful loves·, turn to me.
17 Hide not thy face from thy servant; I am greatly distressed, O make haste to mine aid!
Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
18 Draw near to me, and redeem my life; Deliver me because of my enemies!
Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
19 Thou knowest my reproach, and dishonor, and shame; All my adversaries are in thy view!
You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I look for pity, but there is none; For comforters, but find none.
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
21 For my food they give me gall, And in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 May their table be to them a snare; May it be a trap to them, while they are at ease!
Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
23 May their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; And cause their loins continually to shake!
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.
24 Pour out upon them thine indignation, And may the heat of thine anger overtake them!
Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
25 Let their habitation be desolate, And let none dwell in their tents!
Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute those whom thou hast smitten, And talk of the pain of those whom thou hast wounded.
For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them never come into thy favor!
Charge them with depravity (moral evil) upon depravity (moral evil). Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; Let not their names be written with the righteous!
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the upright.
29 But I am poor, and sorrowful: May thine aid, O God! set me on high!
But I am in pain and distress. Let your yishu'ah ·salvation·, O God, protect me.
30 Then I will praise the name of God in a song; I will give glory to him with thanksgiving.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 More pleasing shall this be to the LORD Than a full-horned and full-hoofed bullock.
It will please Adonai better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
32 The afflicted shall see, and rejoice; The hearts of them that fear God shall be revived.
The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
33 For the LORD heareth the poor, And despiseth not his people in their bonds.
For Adonai sh'ma ·hears obeys· the needy, and does not despise his captive people.
34 Let the heaven and the earth praise him; The sea, and all that move therein!
Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell therein, and possess it.
For God will save Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], and build the cities of Judah [Praised]. They shall settle there, and own it.
36 Yea, the posterity of his servants shall possess it, And they that love him shall dwell therein.
The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who 'ahav ·affectionately love· his name shall dwell therein.
