Psalms 69

1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

Unto the end. For those who will be changed: of David. Save me, O God, for the waters have entered, even to my soul.

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I have become stuck in a deep quagmire, and there is no firm footing. I have arrived at the height of the sea, and a tempest has overwhelmed me.

3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

I have endured hardships, while crying out. My jaws have become hoarse; my eyes have failed. Meanwhile, I hope in my God.

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. My enemies, who persecuted me unjustly, have been strengthened. Then I was required to pay for what I did not take.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

O God, you know my foolishness, and my offenses have not been hidden from you.

6 Let not them that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts: let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, O God of Israel.

Let those who wait for you, O Lord, the Lord of hosts, not be shamed in me. Let those who seek you, O God of Israel, not be confounded over me.

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

For because of you, I have endured reproach; confusion has covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

I have become a stranger to my brothers and a sojourner to the sons of my mother.

9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me.

10 When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

And I covered my soul with fasting, and it has become a reproach to me.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb unto them.

And I put on a haircloth as my garment, and I became a parable to them.

12 They that sit in the gate talk of me; and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

Those who sat at the gate spoke against me, and those who drank wine made me their song.

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

But as for me, truly, my prayer is to you, O Lord. This time has pleased you well, O God. In the multitude of your mercy, in the truth of your salvation, hear me.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Rescue me from the quagmire, so that I may not become trapped. Free me from those who hate me and from deep waters.

15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Do not allow the tempest of water to submerge me, nor the deep to absorb me. And do not allow the well to close in on me.

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

Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.

And do not turn your face away from your servant, for I am in trouble: heed me quickly.

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

Attend to my soul, and free it. Rescue me, because of my enemies.

19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

You know my reproach, and my confusion, and my reverence.

20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

All those who trouble me are in your sight; my heart has anticipated reproach and misery. And I sought for one who might grieve together with me, but there was no one, and for one who might console me, and I found no one.

21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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

22 Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.

Let their table be a snare before them, and a retribution, and a scandal.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, and may their back always be crooked.

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

Pour out your indignation upon them, and may the fury of your anger take hold of them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.

May their dwelling place be deserted, and may there be no one who dwells in their tabernacles.

26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded,

For they persecuted whomever you struck. And they have added to the grief of my wounds.

27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Assign an iniquity upon their iniquity, and may they not enter into your justice.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

Delete them from the Book of the Living, and let them not be written down with the just.

29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

I am poor and sorrowful, but your salvation, O God, has taken me up.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

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

31 And it shall please the LORD better than an ox, [or] a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

And it will please God more than a new calf producing horns and hoofs.

32 The meek have seen it, and are glad: ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

Let the poor see and rejoice. Seek God, and your soul will live.

33 For the LORD heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.

For the Lord has heard the poor, and he has not despised his prisoners.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

Let the heavens and the earth praise him: the sea, and everything that crawls in it.

35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

For God will save Zion, and the cities of Judah will be built up. And they will dwell there, and they will acquire it by inheritance.

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

And the offspring of his servants will possess it; and those who love his name will dwell in it.