Psalms 69

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

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

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no place to stand; I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over 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 dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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

4 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.

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.

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

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

6 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.

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 For your sake I have borne rebuke; 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, an alien to my mother's children.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 Those who sit in the city gate talk about me; I am a song of 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 you, Yahweh, at a time that you will accept; answer me in the trustworthiness of your salvation.

But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

14 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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 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.

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

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

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

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 always make their loins shake.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Add iniquity unto 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 down along 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 your salvation, 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 exalt him with thanksgiving.

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

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

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

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

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

33 For Yahweh 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 in them.

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

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

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

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

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