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 (Psa) 69
69
1For the leader. Set to “Lilies.” By David:
2Save me, God!
For the water threatens my life.
3I am sinking down in the mud,
and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep water;
the flood is sweeping over me.
4I am exhausted from crying,
my throat is dry and sore,
my eyes are worn out
with looking for my God.
5Those who hate me for no reason
outnumber the hairs on my head.
My persecutors are powerful,
my enemies accuse me falsely.
Am I expected to return
things I didn’t steal?
6God, you know how foolish I am;
my guilt is not hidden from you.
7Let those who put their hope in you,
Adonai Elohim-Tzva’ot,
not be put to shame through me;
let those who are seeking you,
God of Isra’el,
not be disgraced through me.
8For your sake I suffer insults,
shame covers my face.
9I am estranged from my brothers,
an alien to my mother’s children,
10because zeal for your house is eating me up,
and on me are falling the insults
of those insulting you.
11I weep bitterly, and I fast,
but that too occasions insults.
12I clothe myself with sackcloth
and become an object of scorn,
13the gossip of those sitting by the town gate,
the theme of drunkards’ songs.
14As for me, Adonai, let my prayer to you
come at an acceptable time;
In your great grace, God, answer me
with the truth of your salvation.
15Rescue me from the mud!
Don’t let me sink!
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep water.
16Don’t let the floodwaters overwhelm me,
don’t let the deep swallow me up,
don’t let the pit close its mouth over me.
17Answer me, Adonai, for your grace is good;
in your great mercy, turn to me.
18Don’t hide your face from your servant,
for I am in trouble; answer me quickly.
19Come near to me, and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.
20You know how I am insulted,
shamed and disgraced;
before you stand all my foes.
21Insults have broken my heart
to the point that I could die.
I hoped that someone would show compassion,
but nobody did;
and that there would be comforters,
but I found none.
22They put poison in my food;
in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
23Let their dining table
before them become a snare;
when they are at peace,
let it become a trap;
24let their eyes be darkened,
so that they can’t see,
and let their bodies
always be stumbling.
25Pour out your fury on them,
let your fierce anger overtake them.
26Let the place where they live be desolate,
with no one to live in their tents,
27for persecuting someone you had already stricken,
for adding to the pain of those you wounded.
28Add guilt to their guilt,
don’t let them enter your righteousness.
29Erase them from the book of life,
let them not be written with the righteous.
30Meanwhile, I am afflicted and hurting;
God, let your saving power raise me up.
31I will praise God’s name with a song
and extol him with thanksgiving.
32This will please Adonai more than a bull,
with its horns and hoofs.
33The afflicted will see it and rejoice;
you seeking after God, let your heart revive.
34For Adonai pays attention to the needy
and doesn’t scorn his captive people.
35Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and whatever moves in them.
36For God will save Tziyon,
he will build the cities of Y’hudah.
[His people] will settle there and possess it.
37The descendants of his servants will inherit it,
and those who love his name will live there.
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