69:1 For the director of music. To the tune of”Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
69:2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
69:3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
69:4 Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
69:5 You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you.
69:6 May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O Lord, the LORD Almighty; may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel.
69:7 For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.
69:8 I am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother’s sons;
69:9 for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
69:10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
69:11 when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.
69:12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
69:13 But I pray to you, O LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
69:14 Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
69:15 Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.
69:16 Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.
69:17 Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
69:18 Come near and rescue me; redeem me because of my foes.
69:19 You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.
69:20 Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.
69:21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
69:22 May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.
69:23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
69:24 Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.
69:25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
69:26 For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
69:27 Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.
69:28 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.
69:29 I am in pain and distress; may your salvation, O God, protect me.
69:30 I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.
69:31 This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs.
69:32 The poor will see and be glad–you who seek God, may your hearts live!
69:33 The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
69:34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,
69:35 for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;
69:36 the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters / Threaten my life.
69:2 I sink in deep mire, / And there is no place to stand; / I have come to the depths of water, / And the flood flows over me.
69:3 I am weary of my crying; / My throat is parched; / My eyes fail / While I wait for my God.
69:4 More numerous than the hairs of my head / Are those who hate me without cause; / Mighty are those who would destroy me, / Those who are wrongly my enemies. / What I did not steal, / I must then restore.
69:5 O God, You know my foolishness, / And my sins of guilt are not hidden from You.
69:6 Do not let those who wait on You be put to shame because of me, / O Lord Jehovah of hosts; / Do not let those who seek You be humiliated because of me, / O God of Israel.
69:7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; / Humiliation has covered my face.
69:8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, / And a foreigner to my mother s children.
69:9 For the zeal of Your house has devoured me, / And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
69:10 When I wept, when my soul was in fasting, / That became a reproach to me.
69:11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, / I became a proverb to them.
69:12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me, / And I am the mocking song of those who drink liquor.
69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, / O Jehovah, in an acceptable time; / O God, in the abundance of Your lovingkindness answer me, / In the faithfulness of Your salvation.
69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; / May I be delivered from those who hate me, / And out of the depths of water.
69:15 Do not let the flood of water flow over me, / Nor let the deep swallow me, / Nor let the pit close its mouth over me.
69:16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for Your lovingkindness is good; / According to the abundance of Your compassions turn to me.
69:17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant, / For I am in distress; hurry and answer me.
69:18 Draw near to my soul; redeem it; / Ransom me because of my enemies.
69:19 You know my reproach / And my shame and my humiliation; / All my adversaries are before You.
69:20 Reproach has broken my heart, / And I am sick; / I looked for pity, but there was none; / And for comforters, but I found none.
69:21 But they gave me gall for my food, / And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
69:22 May their table become a snare before them / And a trap when they are at peace.
69:23 May their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see; / And make their loins shake continually.
69:24 Pour out Your indignation upon them; / And may the burning fierceness of Your anger overtake them.
69:25 May their camp be desolate; / May there be no one to dwell in their tents.
69:26 For they persecute him whom You have stricken, / And they recount the pain of those whom You have wounded.
69:27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, / And do not let them come into Your righteousness.
69:28 May they be blotted out of the book of life, / And may they not be written with the righteous.
69:29 But I am poor and pained; / May Your salvation, O God, set me on high.
69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song / And will magnify Him with thanksgiving;
69:31 And it will be better to Jehovah than an ox / Or a bull with horns and hooves.
69:32 The meek have seen it; they rejoice. / You who seek God, let your heart revive.
69:33 For Jehovah listens to the needy, / And He does not despise His prisoners.
69:34 Let the heavens and the earth praise Him, / The seas and everything that moves in them.
69:35 For God will save Zion / And build the cities of Judah; / And they will abide there and possess it.
69:36 And the seed of His servants will inherit it, / And those who love His name will dwell in it.