Psalms, 69

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

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

2. Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.

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

3. I am sunk in the miry depths where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, swept and engulfed by the flood.

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.

4. I am weary from calling for help; my throat is hoarse and parched. My eyes have grown dim looking for my God.

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

5. More than the hairs of my head are those who hate me for no reason; mighty are those who attack me, many are my enemies without cause. What I did not steal I am forced to restore.

6. 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.

6. Had I done wrong, O God, you would know it; my faults would not be hidden from you.

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

7. Let me not bring disgrace to those who hope in you, O Lord God of hosts; may I cause no dishonor to those who seek you, O God of Israel -

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

8. since I am held in contempt for your sake, and shame has covered my face.

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

9. I have become a stranger to my kindred, an alien to my mother's sons.

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

10. Zeal for your house consumes me as fire and those who insult you insult me as well.

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

11. When I humbled myself with fasting, I was scorned for it.

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

12. When I put on sackcloth, I was made a laughingstock.

13. 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.

13. I have become the talk of those who sit at the gates, the topic of the drunkards' songs.

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.

14. But I pray to you, O Lord, at a time most favorable to you. In your great love, O God, answer me with your unfailing help.

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

15. Rescue me, lest I sink in the mire; deliver me from the storm and the deep waters.

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

16. Let not the flood engulf me, nor the deep suck me in, let not the pit close its mouth upon me.

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

17. In your mercy, O Lord, give me a good answer; in your great compassion, turn to me.

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

18. Hide not your face from your servant; answer me at once for I am in distress.

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

19. Come and rescue me; set me free from my enemies.

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.

20. You know the disgrace I suffer, and you know my oppressors and my humiliations.

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

21. Dishonor has driven me to despair; I looked for sympathy and there was none, for comforters and there was no one.

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

22. They gave me poison for food and vinegar to drink.

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

23. May snares be set for them in their banquets and traps in their sacred feasts.

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

24. May their eyes grow dim, so that they will not see; may their loins be stricken with palsy.

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

25. Pour out your fury upon them, and let your burning anger overtake them.

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

26. Make their camp desolate; may no one dwell in their tents,

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

27. for they persecute the one you have wounded, and increased the pain of the one you have struck.

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

28. Charge them with crime upon crime, and do not acquit them.

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

29. Blot them out of the book of life, and do not enroll them among the upright.

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

30. But I myself am humbled and wounded; your salvation, O God, will lift me up.

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

31. I will praise the name of God in song; I will glorify him with thanksgiving.

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

32. This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and divided hoofs.

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

33. Let the lowly witness this and be glad. You who seek God, may your hearts be revived.

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

34. For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise those in captivity.

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

35. Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and whatever moves in them.

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

36. For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. His people shall dwell in the land and possess it;

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37. the children of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell in it.