Psalm 69
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1For the director of music. To the tune of "Lilies." Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.1For the choir director: according to "The Lilies." Davidic. Save me, God, for the water has risen to my neck.
2I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.2I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me.
3I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
4Those 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.4Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me, are powerful. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
5You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.5God, You know my foolishness, and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.
6Lord, the LORD Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.6Do not let those who put their hope in You be disgraced because of me, Lord GOD of Hosts; do not let those who seek You be humiliated because of me, God of Israel.
7For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.7For I have endured insults because of You, and shame has covered my face.
8I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother's children;8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons
9for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
10When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;10I mourned and fasted, but it brought me insults.
11when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.11I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.
12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.12Those who sit at the city gate talk about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.
13But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.13But as for me, LORD, my prayer to You is for a time of favor. In Your abundant, faithful love, God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
14Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.14Rescue me from the miry mud; don't let me sink. Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.
15Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.15Don't let the floodwaters sweep over me or the deep swallow me up; don't let the Pit close its mouth over me.
16Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.16Answer me, LORD, for Your faithful love is good; in keeping with Your great compassion, turn to me.
17Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.17Don't hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
18Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes.18Draw near to me and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies.
19You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.19You know the insults I endure-- my shame and disgrace. You are aware of all my adversaries.
20Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I waited for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but found no one.
21They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.21Instead, they gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.22Let their table set before them be a snare, and let it be a trap for their allies.
23May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.23Let their eyes grow too dim to see, and let their loins continually shake.
24Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.24Pour out Your rage on them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
25May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.25Make their fortification desolate; may no one live in their tents.
26For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.26For they persecute the one You struck and talk about the pain of those You wounded.
27Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.27Add guilt to their guilt; do not let them share in Your righteousness.
28May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.28Let them be erased from the book of life and not be recorded with the righteous.
29But as for me, afflicted and in pain-- may your salvation, God, protect me.29But as for me--poor and in pain-- let Your salvation protect me, God.
30I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.30I will praise God's name with song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
31This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves.31That will please Yahweh more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
32The poor will see and be glad-- you who seek God, may your hearts live!32The humble will see it and rejoice. You who seek God, take heart!
33The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.33For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His own who are prisoners.
34Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,34Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them,
35for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;35for God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah. They will live there and possess it.
36the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.36The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will live in it.
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