Psalm 69
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Lilies." By David.
[69:1] Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! [69:2] I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. [69:3] I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God. [69:4] 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. [69:5] God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you. [69:6] 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. [69:7] Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face. [69:8] I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children. [69:9] For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. [69:10] When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach. [69:11] When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. [69:12] Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards. [69:13] 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. [69:14] 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. [69:15] 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. [69:16] Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me. [69:17] Don't hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily! [69:18] Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies. [69:19] You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you. [69:20] 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. [69:21] They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. [69:22] Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap. [69:23] Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see. Let their backs be continually bent. [69:24] Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them. [69:25] Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents. [69:26] For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt. [69:27] Charge them with crime upon crime. Don't let them come into your righteousness. [69:28] Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous. [69:29] But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me. [69:30] I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. [69:31] It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs. [69:32] The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live. [69:33] For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn't despise his captive people. [69:34] Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein! [69:35] For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it. [69:36] The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.