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