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!

Save me, O God, for the waters have come in to my soul.

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I sink in deep mire where there is no standing. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

3 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dried. My eyes fail while I wait 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.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.

5 God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.

O God, thou know my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from thee.

6 Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Hosts. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonour through me, God of Israel.

Let not those who wait for thee be put to shame through me, O lord Jehovah of hosts. Let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

7 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame has covered my face.

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.

I have become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's sons.

9 For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

For the zeal of thy house has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach thee have fallen upon me.

10 When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

When I wept in my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

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, my prayer is to thee, O Jehovah. In an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy loving 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, and let me not sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep 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 water flood overwhelm me, nor let the deep swallow me up. And let not the pit shut 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 Jehovah, for thy loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou to 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. Answer me speedily.

18 Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

19 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonour. My adversaries are all before you.

Thou know my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before thee.

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 has 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.

21 They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

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

22 Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.

Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and bow down their back continually.

24 Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.

Let their habitation be desolate. Let none dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.

For they persecute him whom thou have smitten, and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou have wounded.

27 Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.

Add iniquity to their iniquity, 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 life, and not be written with the righteous.

29 But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

But I am poor and sorrowful. 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 a 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 it will please Jehovah better than an ox, or a bullock that has horns and hoofs.

32 The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

The meek have seen it, and are glad. Ye who seek after God, let your heart live.

33 For the LORD hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.

For Jehovah hears the needy, and does not despise his prisoners.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves 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 build the cities of Judah. And they shall 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.

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell therein.