Psalms 69

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

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

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

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

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

I am weary of 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 would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.

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.

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

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

6 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 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.

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.

14 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.

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.

15 Let not the water flood overwhelm me, nor let the deep swallow me up. And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

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

16 Answer me, O Jehovah, for thy loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou to me,

Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn to me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

17 and hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily.

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear 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: deliver me because of my enemies.

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

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: my adversaries are all before thee.

20 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.

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.

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

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

22 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into thy 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 the living, and not be written with the righteous.

29 But I am poor and sorrowful. Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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 and it will please Jehovah better than an ox, or a bullock that has horns and hoofs.

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bull that hath horns and hoofs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

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

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

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