Psalms 69
1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
“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 foothold. I have 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 with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
I am weary of my calling; my throat is hoarse; my eyes fail, while I hope for my God.
4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take 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 God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.
O God, thou art well aware of my folly, and my guilty deeds are from thee not hidden.
6 Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, 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 your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
Because for thy sake have I borne reproach, hath confusion covered my face.
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, 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 your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on 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 I fasted, that was to my reproach.
When I wept at the fasting of my soul, it became a reproach to me.
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
And when I made sackcloth my garment, I became a proverb to them.
12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am 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 you, LORD, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your 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 don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who 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 Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on 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 Answer me, LORD, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
Answer me, O Lord; for thy kindness is good: according to the multitude of thy mercies turn thou unto me.
17 Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress: make haste and answer me.
18 Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: because of my enemies do thou ransom me.
19 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
Thou well knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion: before thee are all my assailants.
20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; 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 also gave me poison for my food. 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 before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and 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, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.
May their eyes become dark, that they cannot see; and make their loins continually to waver.
24 Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
Pour out over them thy indignation, and let the heat of thy anger overtake them.
25 Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
May their palace become desolate: in their tents let no one dwell.
26 For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
For whom thou hast smitten they persecute; and of the pain of those whom thou but wounded do they converse.
27 Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
Lay guilt upon their guilt; and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, 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 in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
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 It will please the LORD better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
And this will please the Lord better than an ox or bullock having horns and cloven hoofs.
32 The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
The meek will see this, and be rejoiced: ye that seek God, and your heart shall revive.
33 For the LORD hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.
For the Lord listeneth unto the needy, and his prisoners he despiseth not.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may abide there, and have it in possession:
36 The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
And the seed of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
