Psalms 69

1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in to [my] soul.

“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, by David.” Save me, O God; for the waters are come even to threaten my life.

2 I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I am sunk in the mire of the deep, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of the waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for my God.

I am weary of my calling; my throat is hoarse; my eyes fail, while I hope for my God.

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, [being] my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.

More than the hairs of my head are those that hate me without a cause; numerous are those that would destroy me, that are my enemies wrongfully: what I have not robbed shall I now restore.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

O God, thou art well aware of my folly, and my guilty deeds are from thee not hidden.

6 Let not them that wait on thee, O LORD God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Let not those that wait on thee, O Lord Eternal of hosts, be made ashamed through me: let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

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

Because for thy sake have I borne reproach, hath confusion covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to my mother's children.

A stranger am I become unto my brothers, and an alien unto my mother's children.

9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee have fallen upon me.

Because the zeal for thy house hath devoured me; and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10 When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

When I wept at the fasting of my soul, it became a reproach to me.

11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

And when I made sackcloth my garment, I became a proverb to them.

12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.

Those that sit in the gate talk against me; and [about me make] songs the drinkers of strong drink.

13 But as for me, my prayer [is] to thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

But as for me, I direct my prayer unto thee, O Lord, in a time of favor; O God, in the multitude of thy kindness: answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Deliver me out of the mire, that I may not sink: let me be delivered from those that hate me, and out of the depths of the waters.

15 Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Let not the flood of waters overflow me, and let not the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit close its mouth upon me.

16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy loving-kindness [is] good: turn to me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Answer me, O Lord; for thy kindness is good: according to the multitude of thy mercies turn thou unto me.

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress: make haste and answer me.

18 Draw nigh to my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of my enemies.

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: because of my enemies do thou ransom me.

19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries [are] all before thee.

Thou well knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion: before thee are all my assailants.

20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sick; and I waited for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

21 They gave me also gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

And they put into my food gall; and in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.

22 Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.

May [then] their table become a snare before them: and to those that are at peace, a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

May their eyes become dark, that they cannot see; and make their loins continually to waver.

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

Pour out over them thy indignation, and let the heat of thy anger overtake them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents.

May their palace become desolate: in their tents let no one dwell.

26 For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

For whom thou hast smitten they persecute; and of the pain of those whom thou but wounded do they converse.

27 Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Lay guilt upon their guilt; and let them not come into thy righteousness.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

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

29 But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

But I am poor and suffering: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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 song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

31 [This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

And this will please the Lord better than an ox or bullock having horns and cloven hoofs.

32 The humble shall see [this], [and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

The meek will see this, and be rejoiced: ye that seek God, and your heart shall revive.

33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

For the Lord listeneth unto the needy, and his prisoners he despiseth not.

34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may abide there, and have it in possession:

36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

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