Psalms 69
69
PSALM 69
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim,
A Psalm of David.
1Save me, O God, because the floods
do so environ me,
That ev'n unto my very soul
come in the waters be.
2I downward in deep mire do sink,
where standing there is none:
I am into deep waters come,
where floods have o'er me gone.
3I weary with my crying am,
my throat is also dry'd;
Mine eyes do fail, while for my God
I waiting do abide.
4Those men that do without a cause
bear hatred unto me,
Than are the hairs upon my head
in number more they be:
They that would me destroy, and are
mine en'mies wrongfully,
Are mighty: so what I took not,
to render forc'd was I.
5Lord, thou my folly know'st, my sins
not cover'd are from thee.
6Let none that wait on thee be sham'd,
Lord God of hosts, for me.
O Lord, the God of Israel,
let none, who search do make,
And seek thee, be at any time
confounded for my sake.
7For I have borne reproach for thee,
my face is hid with shame.
8To brethren strange, to mother's sons
an alien I became.
9Because the zeal did eat me up,
which to thine house I bear;
And the reproaches cast at thee,
upon me fallen are.
10My tears and fasts, t' afflict my soul,
were turned to my shame.
11When sackcloth I did wear, to them
a proverb I became.
12The men that in the gate do sit
against me evil spake;
They also that vile drunkards were
of me their song did make.
13But, in an acceptable time,
my pray'r, Lord, is to thee:
In truth of thy salvation, Lord,
and mercy great, hear me.
14Deliver me out of the mire,
from sinking do me keep;
Free me from those that do me hate,
and from the waters deep.
15Let not the flood on me prevail,
whose water overflows;
Nor deep me swallow, nor the pit
her mouth upon me close.
16Hear me, O Lord, because thy love
and kindness is most good;
Turn unto me, according to
thy mercies' multitude.
17Nor from thy servant hide thy face:
I'm troubled, soon attend.
18Draw near my soul, and it redeem;
me from my foes defend.
19To thee is my reproach well known,
my shame, and my disgrace:
Those that mine adversaries be
are all before thy face.
20Reproach hath broke my heart; I'm full
of grief: I look'd for one
To pity me, but none I found;
comforters found I none.
21They also bitter gall did give
unto me for my meat:
They gave me vinegar to drink,
when as my thirst was great.
22Before them let their table prove
a snare; and do thou make
Their welfare and prosperity
a trap themselves to take.
23Let thou their eyes so darken'd be,
that sight may them forsake;
And let their loins be made by thee
continually to shake.
24Thy fury pour thou out on them,
and indignation;
And let thy wrathful anger, Lord,
fast hold take them upon.
25All waste and desolate let be
their habitation;
And in their tabernacles all
inhabitants be none.
26Because him they do persecute,
whom thou didst smite before;
They talk unto the grief of those
whom thou hast wounded sore.
27Add thou iniquity unto
their former wickedness;
And do not let them come at all
into thy righteousness.
28Out of the book of life let them
be raz'd and blotted quite;
Among the just and righteous
let not their names be writ.
29But now become exceeding poor
and sorrowful am I:
By thy salvation, O my God,
let me be set on high.
30The name of God I with a song
most cheerfully will praise;
And I, in giving thanks to him,
his name shall highly raise.
31This to the Lord a sacrifice
more gracious shall prove
Than bullock, ox, or any beast
that hath both horn and hoof.
32When this the humble men shall see,
it joy to them shall give:
O all ye that do seek the Lord,
your hearts shall ever live.
33For God the poor hears, and will not
his prisoners contemn.
34Let heav'n, and earth, and seas, him praise,
and all that move in them.
35For God will Judah's cities build,
and he will Sion save,
That they may dwell therein,
and it in sure possession have.
36And they that are his servants' seed
inherit shall the same;
So shall they have their dwelling there
that love his blessed name.
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Tehillim 69
69
(For the one directing. Al Shoshanim. Of Dovid)
1 Hoshi'eini, O Elohim; for the mayim are come unto my nefesh.#69:1 i.e., neck
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of the mayim, where the floods overflow me.
3 I am weary of my crying out; my garon (throat) is dry; mine eyes fail while I wait for Elohai.
4 They that have sinas chinom (baseless hatred) toward me are more than the hairs of mine rosh; they that would destroy me, being mine oyevim (enemies) sheker (baselessly) are mighty; then I restored that which I did not steal.
5 O Elohim, Thou knowest my folly; and my ashmot (guiltinesses) are not hid from Thee.
6 Let not them that wait on Thee, Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os, be ashamed because of me; let not those that seek Thee be disgraced because of me, O Elohei Yisroel.
7 Because for Thy sake I have borne cherpah; shame hath covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my achim, and a nochri (foreigner) unto the bnei immi (sons of my mother).
9 For kinas Beitcha (zeal for Thy House) hath consumed me; and the cherpot of them that scorned Thee are fallen upon me.#69:9 Jn 2:17
10 When I wept, and chastened my nefesh in the tzom (fast), that became my cherpot (reproaches).
11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a mashal (byword) to them.
12 They that sit#69:12 as judges in the sha'ar (gate) speak against me; and I was the neginot (drinking songs) of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, may my tefillah be unto Thee, Hashem, in an et ratzon (acceptable time, time of favor); O Elohim, in the multitude of Thy chesed hear me, in the emes of Thy salvation.
14 Save me out of the teet (mire, clay, soil) and let me not sink; let me be saved from them that hate me, and out of the depths of the mayim.
15 Let not the floodwaters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the be'er (pit) shut her mouth upon me.
16 Hear me, Hashem, for Thy chesed is tov; turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy rachamim;
17 And hide not Thy face from Thy eved; for I am in tzoros. Hear me speedily.
18 Draw near unto my nefesh, and make the go'el redemption of it; deliver me because of mine oyevim (enemies).
19 Thou hast known the cherpah (scorn) I bear, and my shame, and my dishonor; mine adversaries are all before Thee.
20 Reproach hath broken my lev; and I have sickness as unto death; and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for menachamim (comforters), but I found none.
21 They gave me also gall in my food; and in my tzamah (thirst) they gave me chometz (vinegar) to drink.#69:21 See Mt 27:34,48; Mk 15:23,36; Lk 23:36; Jn 19:28-30
22 Let their shulchan become a pach (snare, trap) before them; and that which should have been for their shlomim (peacefulnesses), let it become a mokesh (trap).
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins shake tamid.
24 Pour out Thine indignation upon them, and let Thy charon af (burning wrath) overtake them.
25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their ohalim.#69:25 See Ac 1:20
26 For they persecute him whom Thou hast struck; and they tell of the makh'ov (pain, grief) of those whom Thou hast wounded.
27 Add avon (iniquity) unto their avon; and let them not come into Thy tzedakah.
28 Let them be blotted out of the Sefer Chayyim, and not be recorded with the tzaddikim.
29 But I am ani (poor) and in pain; let Thy Yeshu'ah (salvation), O Elohim, set me up on high.
30 I will praise Shem Elohim b'shir (in song), and will magnify Him with todah (thanksgiving).
31 This also shall please Hashem better than shor (ox) or bull that hath keren (horn) and parsah (hoof).
32 Those that have anavah (meekness, humility) shall see this, and have simchah; and your#69:32 pl. lev shall live that seek Elohim.
33 For Hashem heareth the evyonim (needy ones, poor), and despiseth not His prisoners.
34 Let the Shomayim va'Aretz praise Him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35 For Elohim yoshi'a (will save) Tziyon, and will build the cities of Yehudah; that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
36 The zera also of His avadim shall inherit it; and they that love Shmo shall dwell therein.
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