Psalms 69

1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.

For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.

2 I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.

I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.

3 I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.

I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.

4 They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from thee.

6 Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek thee, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.

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

For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; shame has covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.

I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children.

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

For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10 And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.

And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.

11 And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.

And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.

12 They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.

They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.

13 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

But I [will cry] to thee, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

14 Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.

15 Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

16 Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: according to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me.

17 And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.

And turn not away thy face from thy servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.

18 Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.

Draw nigh to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.

For thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before thee.

20 In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.

My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.

21 And they 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 made me drink vinegar for my thirst.

22 Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.

Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling-block.

23 Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.

Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.

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

Pour out thy wrath upon them, and let the fury of thine anger take hold on them.

25 Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.

Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents:

26 Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

Because they persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

27 Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.

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

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

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

29 But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.

I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of thy countenance has helped me.

30 I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.

I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise;

31 And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.

and [this] shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs.

32 Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.

Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall live.

33 For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.

For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nought his fettered ones.

34 Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.

Let the heavens and the earth raise him, the sea, and all things moving in them.

35 For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.

For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.

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

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