Psalms 69

1 Save me, O Elohim; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

For the chief musician; set to Shoshannim. A psalm of David. Save me, God; for the waters have put my life in danger.

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

I sink in deep mire, where there is no place to stand; I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me.

3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my Elohim.

I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs on my head; those who would cut me off, being my enemies for wrong reasons, are mighty; what I did not steal, I have to give back.

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

God, you know my foolishness, and my sins are not hidden from you.

6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Sovereign YHWH of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O Elohim of Israel.

Let not those who hope in you be put to shame because of me, Lord Yahweh of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor because of me, God of Israel.

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

For your sake I have borne rebuke; shame has covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

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

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

For the zeal of your house has eaten me up, and the rebukes of those who rebuke you have fallen on me.

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

When I wept and did not eat food, they insulted me.

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

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became the object of a proverb to them.

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

Those who sit in the city gate talk about me; I am a song of drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O YHWH, in an acceptable time: O Elohim, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, at a time that you will accept; answer me in the trustworthiness of your salvation.

14 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.

Pull me out of the mire, and do not let me sink; let me be taken away from those who hate me and rescued out of the deep waters.

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

Do not let the floods of water overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.

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

Answer me, Yahweh, for your covenant faithfulness is good; because your mercies for me are many, turn to me.

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress; answer me quickly.

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

Come to me and redeem me. Because of my enemies, ransom me.

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

You know my rebuke, my shame, and my dishonor; my adversaries are all before you.

20 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.

Rebuke has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; I looked for comforters, but I found none.

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

They gave me poison for my food; in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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

Let their table before them become a snare; when they think they are in safety, let it become a trap.

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

Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see; and always make their loins shake.

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

Pour out your indignation on them, and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

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

Let their place be a desolation; let no one live in their tents.

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

For they persecuted the one you struck down. They repeated the account of the pain of those you have wounded.

27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Accuse them of having committed iniquity after iniquity; do not let them come into your righteous victory.

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

Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life and not be written down along with the righteous.

29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O Elohim, set me up on high.

But I am poor and sorrowful; let your salvation, God, set me up on high.

30 I will praise the name of Elohim with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

I will praise the name of God with a song and will exalt him with thanksgiving.

31 This also shall please YHWH better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

That will please Yahweh better than an ox or a bull that has horns and hooves.

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

The meek have seen it and are glad; you who seek after God, let your hearts live.

33 For YHWH heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

For Yahweh hears the needy and does not despise his prisoners.

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

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

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

For God will save Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah; the people will live there and have it as a possession.

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

His servants' descendants will inherit it; and those who love his name will live there.