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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Psalms 69
69
A Plea for Deliverance from Persecution
For the music director, according to The Lilies. Of David.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1Save me, O God,
because waters have come up to my neck.#Hebrew “soul” or “life”
2I sink in the mud of the deep, and there is no foothold.
I have come to watery depths,
and the torrent floods over me.
3I am weary with my calling out; my throat is parched.
My eyes are exhausted in my waiting for my God.
4More numerous than the hairs of my head
are those hating me without a cause.
Those who are destroying me—my enemies wrongfully#Or, “those who oppose me with falsehood”— are mighty.
What I did not steal, I then must restore.
5O God, you yourself know#Literally “you, you know” my foolishness,
and my guilty deeds are not hidden from you.
6Let those who wait for you not be put to shame because of me,
O Lord Yahweh of hosts.
Let those who seek you not be disgraced because of me,
O God of Israel.
7Because on account of you I have borne reproach;
disgrace has covered my face.
8I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
9because the zeal for your house#Or “temple” has consumed me,
and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.
10When I wept in the fasting of my soul,
it became reproaches for me.
11When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became for them a byword.
12Those sitting at the gate talk about me
as also#Hebrew “and” the songs of the drunkards.
13But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Yahweh, for a favorable time,
O God, according to the abundance of your loyal love.
Answer me with the faithfulness of your salvation.
14Deliver me from the mud and do not let me sink.
Let me be delivered from those who hate me
and from the watery depths.
15Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me,
or the deep swallow me,
or the pit close its mouth over me.
16Answer me, O Yahweh, because your loyal love is good;
according to your abundant mercies, turn to me,
17and do not hide your face from your servant.
Because I am in trouble, answer me quickly.
18Draw near to my soul; redeem it.
Because of my enemies, ransom me.
19You know my reproach, my shame and my disgrace.
Fully known#Literally “right in front of” to you are all my adversaries.
20Reproach has broken my heart and I am sick.
And I hoped for sympathy, but there was none,
and for comforters, but I found none.
21They also gave me gall for food,#Or “they put poison in my food”
and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22Let their table before them be a trap,
and their times of peace a snare.
23Let their eyes be dark so they cannot see,
and make their loins continually tremble.
24Pour out your indignation on them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25Let their camp be desolate.
Let none dwell in their tents,
26because they persecute those whom you, yourself, have struck,
and they tell of the pain of those you have wounded.
27Add guilt on top of their guilt,#Literally “Give guilt on their guilt”
and do not let them be acquitted.#Literally “come into your righteousness”
28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
and let them not be recorded with the righteous.
29But as for me, though I am afflicted and pained,
your salvation will protect#The sense is that of making something inaccessibly high, like a fortress me, O God.
30I will praise the name of God in song,
and magnify him with thanksgiving.
31For Yahweh it will be better than an ox or bull,
horned and hoofed.#That is, mature and ritually clean
32The afflicted will see and rejoice.
O God seekers, let your heart revive,#Or “live”
33because Yahweh hears the needy
and does not despise his own who are prisoners.
34Let heavens and earth praise him,
the seas and all that moves in them,
35because God will save Zion
and build the cities of Judah,
that they may dwell there and possess it.
36And the offspring of his servants will inherit it,
and those who love his name will abide in it.
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