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;

For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to 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 am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.

3 I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat, —Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God.

I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on 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 that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored 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, you know my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from you.

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 that wait on you, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek you, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.

7 Because, for thy sake, have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face;

For I have suffered reproach for your sake; shame has covered my face.

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

I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children.

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 your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen upon me.

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

And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.

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

And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb 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 sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.

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 I [will cry] to you, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.

14 Rescue me out of the mire, lest I sink, Let me be rescued, From my haters, and, From abysses of waters:

Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from 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 waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its 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 your mercy is good: according to the multitude of your compassions look upon me.

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

And turn not away your face from your servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.

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

Draw near to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

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

For you know my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before you.

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.

My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.

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

They gave [me] also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst.

22 Let their table, before them, become a snare, And unto their friends, a lure;

Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling block.

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

Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.

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

Pour out your wrath upon them, and let the fury of your anger take hold on 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 no inhabitant in their tents:

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

Because they persecuted him whom you have struck; 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 iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into your righteousness.

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 let them not be written with the righteous.

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

I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of your countenance has helped me.

30 I will praise the Name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving;

I will praise the name of my God with a song, 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 [this] shall please God more than a young calf having 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 the Lord diligently, and you shall live.

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

For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nothing his fettered ones.

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

Let the heavens and the earth raise him, the sea, and all things moving in them.

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 Judea shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.

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.