Psalms 69
1 to/for to conduct upon lily to/for David to save me God for to come (in): come water till soul: neck
For the music director. To the tune “Lilies.” A psalm of David. God, please save me, because the water is up to my neck!
2 to sink in/on/with mire depth and nothing foothold to come (in): come in/on/with deep water and stream to overflow me
I'm sinking deeper into the mud—there's no solid ground for me to stand. I find myself in deep water; floods wash over me.
3 be weary/toil in/on/with to call: call out I to scorch throat my to end: expend eye my to wait: wait to/for God my
I'm so tired of screaming out for help my throat is totally raw. My eyes are worn out looking for my God to help me.
4 to multiply from hair head my to hate me for nothing be vast to destroy me enemy my deception which not to plunder then to return: rescue
Those who hate me for no reason are more than the number of hairs on my head. Many enemies try to destroy me by telling lies. How can I give back what I didn't steal?
5 God you(m. s.) to know to/for folly my and guiltiness my from you not to hide
God, you know how foolish I am! My sins are not hidden from you.
6 not be ashamed in/on/with me to await you Lord YHWH/God Hosts not be humiliated in/on/with me to seek you God Israel
Don't let those who trust you be ashamed because of me, Lord God Almighty. Don't let those who follow you be disgraced because of me, God of Israel.
7 for upon you to lift: bear reproach to cover shame face my
For your sake I put up with the insults; my face shows my embarrassment.
8 be a stranger to be to/for brother: male-sibling my and foreign to/for son: descendant/people mother my
I have become a foreigner to my brother Israelites; a stranger to my very own brothers.
9 for jealousy house: temple your to eat me and reproach to taunt you to fall: fall upon me
My devotion for your house is burning me up inside; the insults of those who insulted you have fallen on me.
10 and to weep in/on/with fast soul my and to be to/for reproach to/for me
I wept and I fasted, but they mocked me;
11 and to give: make [emph?] clothing my sackcloth and to be to/for them to/for proverb
I mourned in sackcloth, but they laughed at me.
12 to muse in/on/with me to dwell gate and music to drink strong drink
People sitting by the town gate gossip about me. I'm the subject of rude songs sung by drunks.
13 and I prayer my to/for you LORD time acceptance God in/on/with abundance kindness your to answer me in/on/with truth: faithful salvation your
But my prayer is to you, Lord, believing this is a good time to respond to me. God, in your wonderful trustworthy love, answer me with your sure salvation.
14 to rescue me from mud and not to sink to rescue from to hate me and from deep water
Please rescue me from the mud—don't let me sink! Save me from those who hate me and from drowning in the deep waters!
15 not to overflow me stream water and not to swallow up me depth and not to shut upon me well lip her
Don't let the flood waters wash over me. Don't let the deep waters pull me down. Don't let the grave close over me.
16 to answer me LORD for pleasant kindness your like/as abundance compassion your to turn to(wards) me
Please answer my prayers, Lord, for you are good and love me with your trustworthy love; because of your kindness, please help me.
17 and not to hide face your from servant/slave your for to constrain to/for me to hasten to answer me
Don't turn away from me, your servant. Please answer me quickly because I'm in trouble.
18 to present: come [emph?] to(wards) soul my to redeem: redeem her because enemy my to ransom me
Come here and rescue me; set me free from my enemies.
19 you(m. s.) to know reproach my and shame my and shame my before you all to vex me
You—you know my shame, my disgrace, my humiliation. You see everything my enemies are doing.
20 reproach to break heart my and be sick [emph?] and to await to/for to wander and nothing and to/for to be sorry: comfort and not to find
Insults have broken my heart—I am so sick there is no cure. I looked for some sympathy, but there was no one! Nobody showed me any compassion.
21 and to give: give in/on/with food my poison and to/for thirst my to water: drink me vinegar
Instead they gave me bitter herbs to eat and vinegar to drink.
22 to be table their to/for face: before their to/for snare and to/for peace to/for snare
May the table set before them become a trap for them, a net that catches them, bringing punishment.
23 to darken eye their from to see: see and loin their continually to slip
May their eyes become blind so they cannot see, and may their backs always be bent low in dejection.
24 to pour: pour upon them indignation your and burning anger face: anger your to overtake them
Pour out your judgment on them; chase them down in your fierce anger.
25 to be encampment their be desolate: destroyed in/on/with tent their not to be to dwell
Let the places where they live be deserted. Let their homes be abandoned.
26 for you(m. s.) which to smite to pursue and to(wards) pain slain: wounded your to recount
For they persecute those you have punished, and make it even more painful for those you have disciplined.
27 to give: give [emph?] iniquity: punishment upon iniquity: punishment their and not to come (in): come in/on/with righteousness your
Punish them for the evil they have done. Don't acquit them.
28 to wipe from scroll: book alive and with righteous not to write
Blot out their names from the Book of Life. Don't let them be listed with those who do right.
29 and I afflicted and to pain salvation your God to exalt me
But I am suffering and in physical pain. God, please save me and keep me safe.
30 to boast: praise name God in/on/with song and to magnify him in/on/with thanksgiving
I will praise God's character in song; I will say how incredible he is and how thankful I am.
31 and be good to/for LORD from cattle bullock to shine to divide
The Lord is happier with this than with offering animals as sacrifices: cattle, or bulls with horns and hooves.
32 to see: see poor to rejoice to seek God and to live heart your
The humble will see this and be happy. May God encourage everyone who comes to him.
33 for to hear: hear to(wards) needy LORD and [obj] prisoner his not to despise
God hears the poor, and he does not ignore his people who are in prison.
34 to boast: praise him heaven and land: country/planet sea and all to creep in/on/with them
Praise him heaven and earth, the seas and everything that lives in them!
35 for God to save Zion and to build city Judah and to dwell there and to possess: take her
For God will save Zion, and rebuild the cities of Judah. They will live there and own the land.
36 and seed: children servant/slave his to inherit her and to love: lover name his to dwell in/on/with her
The descendants of those who follow him will inherit the land, and those who love him will live there.
