Psalms 69

1 To the Chief Musician. On "The Lilies." David’s. Save me, O God, For waters have entered as far as the life;

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 swamp, Where there is no place to stand, I have come into abysses of waters, Where a flood hath overflowed 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 am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat, —Mine eyes have become dim, through 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 More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause, —Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause, —What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.

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, thou, hast known my folly, And, my wrong-doings, from thee, have not been hid.

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

6 Let them not be ashamed, through me, Who have waited for thee, O My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, —Let them not be confounded, through me, Who are seeking thee, 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 Because, for thy sake, have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face;

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

8 One estranged, have I become, to my own brethren, Yea, an alien, to the sons of my own mother;

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

9 Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me.

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

10 When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach;

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

11 When I have made my clothing of sackcloth, Then have I served them for a by-word;

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

12 They who sit in the gate talk against me, —And [against me are] the songs of them who imbibe strong drink.

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

13 But, as for me, my prayer shall be unto thee, O Yahweh, in a time of acceptance, O God, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, answer me with thy saving faithfulness.

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 Rescue me out of the mire, lest I sink, Let me be rescued, From my haters, and, From abysses 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 Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth.

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 Yahweh, for good is thy lovingkindness, According to the abounding of thy compassions, turn thou towards me:

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

17 Then do not hide thy face from thy servant, Because I am in distress, haste thou—answer me!

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

18 Oh draw near unto my soul—redeem it, Because of mine enemies, ransom me.

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

19 Thou, knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion, Before thee, are all mine adversaries.

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

20 Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am weak, —Though I waited for one to pity me, yet there was none, And for comforters, yet I found not any.

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 But they put in my food—poison! And, for my thirst, they gave for my drink—vinegar!

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 unto their friends, a lure;

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

23 Let their eyes become too dim to see, And, their loins, continually cause thou to shake;

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

24 Pour out over them thine indignation, And let, the glow of thine anger, overtake them:

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

25 Let their encampment become desolate, In their tents, be there none to dwell:

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

26 For, whom, thou thyself, hadst smitten, they pursued, And, unto the pain of thy wounded ones, they must needs add.

Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

27 Lay punishment on their iniquity, And let them not enter into thy righteousness;

Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And, with the righteous, let them not be enrolled.

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.

29 I, then, am humbled and in pain, Thy salvation, O God, may it set me on high.

But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set 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 So shall it be more pleasing to Yahweh than a bullock of the herd, Showing horn [and] divided hoof.

And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.

32 The humbled have seen—they rejoice! Ye seekers of God, let your heart, then, revive;

Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.

33 For, a Hearkener to the needy, is Yahweh, And, his prisoners, hath he not despised.

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

34 Let the heavens and the earth, praise him, The seas, and everything that creepeth therein.

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

35 For, God, will save Zion, And build the cities of Judah, So shall men dwell 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 Yea, the seed of his servants, shall inherit it, And, the lovers of his Name, shall settle down therein.

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