Psalms 69
1 to/for to conduct upon lily to/for David to save me God for to come (in): come water till soul: neck
O God, save me, because [I am in great danger]. [It is as though] flood water is up to my neck, [and I am about to drown] [MET].
2 to sink in/on/with mire depth and nothing foothold to come (in): come in/on/with deep water and stream to overflow me
I continue to sink in the deep mud, and there is no solid ground for me to stand on. I am in deep water, and flood waters are swirling around me.
3 be weary/toil in/on/with to call: call out I to scorch throat my to end: expend eye my to wait: wait to/for God my
I am exhausted from calling out [for help]; my throat is very dry. Because I have cried so much as I have waited for God [to help me], my eyes are swollen.
4 to multiply from hair head my to hate me for nothing be vast to destroy me enemy my deception which not to plunder then to return: rescue
Those who hate me when there is no reason to hate me are more than the number of hairs on my head [HYP]! Those who want to get rid of me are strong, and they tell lies about me. They demand that I return to them things that I did not steal!
5 God you(m. s.) to know to/for folly my and guiltiness my from you not to hide
O God, (you see the sins that I have committed/my sins are not hidden from you). You know that I have foolishly [disobeyed your laws].
6 not be ashamed in/on/with me to await you Lord YHWH/God Hosts not be humiliated in/on/with me to seek you God Israel
O Yahweh God, [you who are the commander] of the armies [of heaven], do not allow the [wrong things that] I [have done] to cause those who trust in you to be disappointed/disillusioned. O God, you whom [we] Israeli people [worship], do not allow me to cause your people to be humiliated.
7 for upon you to lift: bear reproach to cover shame face my
People have insulted/ridiculed me because [I am devoted to] you. They have thoroughly humiliated [IDM] me.
8 be a stranger to be to/for brother: male-sibling my and foreign to/for son: descendant/people mother my
Even my own [older] brothers act as if they do not know me; they treat me like a foreigner.
9 for jealousy house: temple your to eat me and reproach to taunt you to fall: fall upon me
[Some people have despised your temple]; but my zeal for [keeping] your temple [holy] is like a fire burning inside me. So [it is as though] those who are insulting you are also insulting me.
10 and to weep in/on/with fast soul my and to be to/for reproach to/for me
When I have humbled myself and (fasted/abstained from eating food) [to show my sadness about the disgraceful things that they have done to your temple], they just insult me.
11 and to give: make [emph?] clothing my sackcloth and to be to/for them to/for proverb
When I put on [rough] sackcloth [to show that I am sad], they laugh at [IDM] me.
12 to muse in/on/with me to dwell gate and music to drink strong drink
Even the elders [of the city] say bad things about me. The drunkards of the city sing [disgusting] songs about me.
13 and I prayer my to/for you LORD time acceptance God in/on/with abundance kindness your to answer me in/on/with truth: faithful salvation your
But Yahweh, I will [continue] praying to you. At the time that you choose, answer me and rescue me because you faithfully love me.
14 to rescue me from mud and not to sink to rescue from to hate me and from deep water
Do not allow me to sink any more in the mud. Rescue me from those who hate me! Lift me up out of these deep waters!
15 not to overflow me stream water and not to swallow up me depth and not to shut upon me well lip her
Do not allow flood waters to swirl around me, do not allow the deep [mud] to swallow me; keep me from sinking into the pit [of death] [MET].
16 to answer me LORD for pleasant kindness your like/as abundance compassion your to turn to(wards) me
O Yahweh, answer my prayer and help me because you are good and love me faithfully.
17 and not to hide face your from servant/slave your for to constrain to/for me to hasten to answer me
Do not (hide yourself from/refuse to hear) me; answer me quickly because I am in great trouble.
18 to present: come [emph?] to(wards) soul my to redeem: redeem her because enemy my to ransom me
Come near to me and save me; rescue me from my enemies.
19 you(m. s.) to know reproach my and shame my and shame my before you all to vex me
You know that I am insulted and that [people cause] me [to feel] ashamed and dishonored; you know [who] all my enemies [are].
20 reproach to break heart my and be sick [emph?] and to await to/for to wander and nothing and to/for to be sorry: comfort and not to find
[Their] insults have deeply offended me, and I (feel helpless/am in despair). I searched for [someone who would] pity [me], but there was no one. I wanted someone to encourage/comfort me, but there were none.
21 and to give: give in/on/with food my poison and to/for thirst my to water: drink me vinegar
[Instead], they gave me food [that tasted like] poison, and when I was thirsty, they gave me sour wine to drink.
22 to be table their to/for face: before their to/for snare and to/for peace to/for snare
I hope/desire that the feasts [MTY] [that they enjoy] will (become a snare for/bring trouble to) them, and that [those whom they invite to] the sacrificial feasts will also be trapped.
23 to darken eye their from to see: see and loin their continually to slip
I hope/desire that their eyesight will become dim so that they cannot see anything, and that their backs/bodies will become weaker and weaker.
24 to pour: pour upon them indignation your and burning anger face: anger your to overtake them
Show them that you are very angry with them! Because of your great/furious anger, chase after them and catch them.
25 to be encampment their be desolate: destroyed in/on/with tent their not to be to dwell
Cause their towns to become abandoned/deserted and that there will be no one left to live in their tents/houses.
26 for you(m. s.) which to smite to pursue and to(wards) pain slain: wounded your to recount
[Do this] because they persecute those whom you have punished, (they talk about the sins of/they want to hurt even more) those whom you have wounded.
27 to give: give [emph?] iniquity: punishment upon iniquity: punishment their and not to come (in): come in/on/with righteousness your
Keep making a record of all their sins, do not acquit/pardon them [for the evil things that they have done].
28 to wipe from scroll: book alive and with righteous not to write
Erase their names [SYN] from the book [containing the names of those who have eternal] life; do not include them in the list of righteous people.
29 and I afflicted and to pain salvation your God to exalt me
As for me, I have pain and am suffering. O God, protect me and rescue me.
30 to boast: praise name God in/on/with song and to magnify him in/on/with thanksgiving
When God does that, I will sing as I praise God, and I will honor him by thanking him.
31 and be good to/for LORD from cattle bullock to shine to divide
My doing that will please Yahweh more than [sacrificing] oxen, more than offering him full-grown bulls.
32 to see: see poor to rejoice to seek God and to live heart your
Oppressed/Afflicted people will see [that God has rescued me], and they will be glad. I want all of you who ask God [to help you] to be encouraged.
33 for to hear: hear to(wards) needy LORD and [obj] prisoner his not to despise
Yahweh listens to those who are needy; He does not ignore/forget those who are oppressed/imprisoned.
34 to boast: praise him heaven and land: country/planet sea and all to creep in/on/with them
I desire that everything will praise God— everything that is in heaven and on earth, and all the creatures that are in the seas.
35 for God to save Zion and to build city Judah and to dwell there and to possess: take her
God will rescue the people of Jerusalem [from their enemies], and he will rebuild the towns that are in Judah. His people will live there and [again] possess the land.
36 and seed: children servant/slave his to inherit her and to love: lover name his to dwell in/on/with her
The descendants of his people will inherit it, and those who love him will live there [safely].
