Psalms 69
1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
“For the leader of the music. Upon the Shoshannim. A psalm of David.” Save me, O God! For the waters press in to my very life!
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
I sink in deep mire, where is no standing; I have come into deep waters, and the waves flow over me.
3 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
I am weary with crying; my throat is parched; Mine eyes are wasted, while I wait for my God.
4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
More numerous than the hairs of my head are they who hate me without reason; Mighty are they who seek to destroy me, being my enemies without cause: I must restore what I took not away.
5 God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.
O God! thou knowest my offences, And my sins are not hidden from thee!
6 Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
Let not them that trust in thee through me be put to shame, O Lord Jehovah, God of hosts! Let not them that seek thee through me be confounded, O God of Israel!
7 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
For on account of thee do I suffer reproach, And shame covereth my face!
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
I am become a stranger to my brothers; Yea, an alien to my mother's sons.
9 For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
For zeal for thy house consumeth me, And the reproaches of them that reproach thee fall upon me.
10 When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
When I weep and fast, That is made my reproach;
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
When I clothe myself in sackcloth, Then I become their by-word.
12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
They who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am become the song of drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
Yet will I address my prayer to thee, O LORD! May it be in an acceptable time according to thy great goodness! Hear, O God! and afford me thy sure help!
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Save me from the mire, and let me not sink; May I be delivered from my enemies, —from the deep waters!
15 Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
Let not the water-flood overflow me; Let not the deep swallow me up, And let not the pit close her mouth upon me!
16 Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
Hear me, O LORD! since great is thy loving-kindness; According to the abundance of thy tender mercies look upon me!
17 Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
Hide not thy face from thy servant; I am greatly distressed, O make haste to mine aid!
18 Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
Draw near to me, and redeem my life; Deliver me because of my enemies!
19 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
Thou knowest my reproach, and dishonor, and shame; All my adversaries are in thy view!
20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I look for pity, but there is none; For comforters, but find none.
21 They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
For my food they give me gall, And in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
May their table be to them a snare; May it be a trap to them, while they are at ease!
23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.
May their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; And cause their loins continually to shake!
24 Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
Pour out upon them thine indignation, And may the heat of thine anger overtake them!
25 Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
Let their habitation be desolate, And let none dwell in their tents!
26 For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
For they persecute those whom thou hast smitten, And talk of the pain of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them never come into thy favor!
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; Let not their names be written with the righteous!
29 But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
But I am poor, and sorrowful: May thine aid, O God! set me on high!
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Then I will praise the name of God in a song; I will give glory to him with thanksgiving.
31 It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
More pleasing shall this be to the LORD Than a full-horned and full-hoofed bullock.
32 The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
The afflicted shall see, and rejoice; The hearts of them that fear God shall be revived.
33 For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.
For the LORD heareth the poor, And despiseth not his people in their bonds.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
Let the heaven and the earth praise him; The sea, and all that move therein!
35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell therein, and possess it.
36 The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
Yea, the posterity of his servants shall possess it, And they that love him shall dwell therein.
