Psalms 69
1 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].
| למנצח על-שושנים לדוד ב הושיעני אלהים-- כי באו מים עד-נפש |
2 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.
| טבעתי ביון מצולה-- ואין מעמד באתי במעמקי-מים ושבלת שטפתני |
3 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.
| יגעתי בקראי נחר גרוני כלו עיני--מיחל לאלהי |
4 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!
| רבו משערות ראשי-- שנאי חנם עצמו מצמיתי איבי שקר-- אשר לא-גזלתי אז אשיב |
5 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].
| אלהים--אתה ידעת לאולתי ואשמותי ממך לא-נכחדו |
6 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.
| אל-יבשו בי קויך-- אדני יהוה צבאות אל-יכלמו בי מבקשיך-- אלהי ישראל |
7 People have insulted/ridiculed me because [I am devoted to] you. They have thoroughly humiliated [IDM] me.
| כי-עליך נשאתי חרפה כסתה כלמה פני |
8 Even my own [older] brothers act as if they do not know me; they treat me like a foreigner.
| מוזר הייתי לאחי ונכרי לבני אמי |
9 [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.
| כי-קנאת ביתך אכלתני וחרפות חורפיך נפלו עלי |
10 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.
| ואבכה בצום נפשי ותהי לחרפות לי |
11 When I put on [rough] sackcloth [to show that I am sad], they laugh at [IDM] me.
| ואתנה לבושי שק ואהי להם למשל |
12 Even the elders [of the city] say bad things about me. The drunkards of the city sing [disgusting] songs about me.
| ישיחו בי ישבי שער ונגינות שותי שכר |
13 But Yahweh, I will [continue] praying to you. At the time that you choose, answer me and rescue me because you faithfully love me.
| ואני תפלתי-לך יהוה עת רצון-- אלהים ברב-חסדך ענני באמת ישעך |
14 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!
| הצילני מטיט ואל-אטבעה אנצלה משנאי וממעמקי מים |
15 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].
| אל-תשטפני שבלת מים-- ואל-תבלעני מצולה ואל-תאטר-עלי באר פיה |
16 O Yahweh, answer my prayer and help me because you are good and love me faithfully.
| ענני יהוה כי-טוב חסדך כרב רחמיך פנה אלי |
17 Do not (hide yourself from/refuse to hear) me; answer me quickly because I am in great trouble.
| ואל-תסתר פניך מעבדך כי-צר-לי מהר ענני |
18 Come near to me and save me; rescue me from my enemies.
| קרבה אל-נפשי גאלה למען איבי פדני |
19 You know that I am insulted and that [people cause] me [to feel] ashamed and dishonored; you know [who] all my enemies [are].
| אתה ידעת--חרפתי ובשתי וכלמתי נגדך כל-צוררי |
20 [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.
| חרפה שברה לבי-- ואנושה ואקוה לנוד ואין ולמנחמים ולא מצאתי |
21 [Instead], they gave me food [that tasted like] poison, and when I was thirsty, they gave me sour wine to drink.
| ויתנו בברותי ראש ולצמאי ישקוני חמץ |
22 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.
| יהי-שלחנם לפניהם לפח ולשלומים למוקש |
23 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.
| תחשכנה עיניהם מראות ומתניהם תמיד המעד |
24 Show them that you are very angry with them! Because of your great/furious anger, chase after them and catch them.
| שפך-עליהם זעמך וחרון אפך ישיגם |
25 Cause their towns to become abandoned/deserted and that there will be no one left to live in their tents/houses.
| תהי-טירתם נשמה באהליהם אל-יהי ישב |
26 [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.
| כי-אתה אשר-הכית רדפו ואל-מכאוב חלליך יספרו |
27 Keep making a record of all their sins, do not acquit/pardon them [for the evil things that they have done].
| תנה-עון על-עונם ואל-יבאו בצדקתך |
28 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.
| ימחו מספר חיים ועם צדיקים אל-יכתבו |
29 As for me, I have pain and am suffering. O God, protect me and rescue me.
| ואני עני וכואב ישועתך אלהים תשגבני |
30 When God does that, I will sing as I praise God, and I will honor him by thanking him.
| אהללה שם-אלהים בשיר ואגדלנו בתודה |
31 My doing that will please Yahweh more than [sacrificing] oxen, more than offering him full-grown bulls.
| ותיטב ליהוה משור פר מקרן מפריס |
32 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.
| ראו ענוים ישמחו דרשי אלהים ויחי לבבכם |
33 Yahweh listens to those who are needy; He does not ignore/forget those who are oppressed/imprisoned.
| כי-שמע אל-אביונים יהוה ואת-אסיריו לא בזה |
34 I desire that everything will praise God— everything that is in heaven and on earth, and all the creatures that are in the seas.
| יהללוהו שמים וארץ ימים וכל-רמש בם |
35 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.
| כי אלהים יושיע ציון ויבנה ערי יהודה וישבו שם וירשוה |
36 The descendants of his people will inherit it, and those who love him will live there [safely].
| וזרע עבדיו ינחלוה ואהבי שמו ישכנו-בה |
