Psalms 69
1 For the chief musician; set to Shoshannim. A psalm of David. Save me, God; for the waters have put my life in danger.
“For the leader of the music. Upon the Shoshannim. A psalm of David.” Save me, O God! For the waters press in to my very life!
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no place to stand; I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me.
I sink in deep mire, where is no standing; I have come into deep waters, and the waves flow over me.
3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am weary with crying; my throat is parched; Mine eyes are wasted, while I wait for my God.
4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs on my head; those who would cut me off, being my enemies for wrong reasons, are mighty; what I did not steal, I have to give back.
More numerous than the hairs of my head are they who hate me without reason; Mighty are they who seek to destroy me, being my enemies without cause: I must restore what I took not away.
5 God, you know my foolishness, and my sins are not hidden from you.
O God! thou knowest my offences, And my sins are not hidden from thee!
6 Let not those who hope in you be put to shame because of me, Lord Yahweh of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor because of me, God of Israel.
Let not them that trust in thee through me be put to shame, O Lord Jehovah, God of hosts! Let not them that seek thee through me be confounded, O God of Israel!
7 For your sake I have borne rebuke; shame has covered my face.
For on account of thee do I suffer reproach, And shame covereth my face!
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children.
I am become a stranger to my brothers; Yea, an alien to my mother's sons.
9 For the zeal of your house has eaten me up, and the rebukes of those who rebuke you have fallen on me.
For zeal for thy house consumeth me, And the reproaches of them that reproach thee fall upon me.
10 When I wept and did not eat food, they insulted me.
When I weep and fast, That is made my reproach;
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became the object of a proverb to them.
When I clothe myself in sackcloth, Then I become their by-word.
12 Those who sit in the city gate talk about me; I am a song of drunkards.
They who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am become the song of drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, at a time that you will accept; answer me in the trustworthiness of your salvation.
Yet will I address my prayer to thee, O LORD! May it be in an acceptable time according to thy great goodness! Hear, O God! and afford me thy sure help!
14 Pull me out of the mire, and do not let me sink; let me be taken away from those who hate me and rescued out of the deep waters.
Save me from the mire, and let me not sink; May I be delivered from my enemies, —from the deep waters!
15 Do not let the floods of water overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.
Let not the water-flood overflow me; Let not the deep swallow me up, And let not the pit close her mouth upon me!
16 Answer me, Yahweh, for your covenant faithfulness is good; because your mercies for me are many, turn to me.
Hear me, O LORD! since great is thy loving-kindness; According to the abundance of thy tender mercies look upon me!
17 Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress; answer me quickly.
Hide not thy face from thy servant; I am greatly distressed, O make haste to mine aid!
18 Come to me and redeem me. Because of my enemies, ransom me.
Draw near to me, and redeem my life; Deliver me because of my enemies!
19 You know my rebuke, my shame, and my dishonor; my adversaries are all before you.
Thou knowest my reproach, and dishonor, and shame; All my adversaries are in thy view!
20 Rebuke has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; I looked for comforters, but I found none.
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I look for pity, but there is none; For comforters, but find none.
21 They gave me poison for my food; in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
For my food they give me gall, And in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table before them become a snare; when they think they are in safety, let it become a trap.
May their table be to them a snare; May it be a trap to them, while they are at ease!
23 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see; and always make their loins shake.
May their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; And cause their loins continually to shake!
24 Pour out your indignation on them, and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
Pour out upon them thine indignation, And may the heat of thine anger overtake them!
25 Let their place be a desolation; let no one live in their tents.
Let their habitation be desolate, And let none dwell in their tents!
26 For they persecuted the one you struck down. They repeated the account of the pain of those you have wounded.
For they persecute those whom thou hast smitten, And talk of the pain of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Accuse them of having committed iniquity after iniquity; do not let them come into your righteous victory.
Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them never come into thy favor!
28 Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life and not be written down along with the righteous.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; Let not their names be written with the righteous!
29 But I am poor and sorrowful; let your salvation, God, set me up on high.
But I am poor, and sorrowful: May thine aid, O God! set me on high!
30 I will praise the name of God with a song and will exalt him with thanksgiving.
Then I will praise the name of God in a song; I will give glory to him with thanksgiving.
31 That will please Yahweh better than an ox or a bull that has horns and hooves.
More pleasing shall this be to the LORD Than a full-horned and full-hoofed bullock.
32 The meek have seen it and are glad; you who seek after God, let your hearts live.
The afflicted shall see, and rejoice; The hearts of them that fear God shall be revived.
33 For Yahweh hears the needy and does not despise his prisoners.
For the LORD heareth the poor, And despiseth not his people in their bonds.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
Let the heaven and the earth praise him; The sea, and all that move therein!
35 For God will save Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah; the people will live there and have it as a possession.
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell therein, and possess it.
36 His servants' descendants will inherit it; and those who love his name will live there.
Yea, the posterity of his servants shall possess it, And they that love him shall dwell therein.
