Psalm 69

Psalm 69

To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.

¹Save me, O God! For ^athe waters have come up to my ²neck.

^2bI sink in deep mire,

Where there is no standing;

I have come into deep waters,

Where the floods overflow me.

^3cI am weary with my crying;

My throat is dry;

^dMy eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁴Those who ^ehate me without a cause

Are more than the hairs of my head;

They are mighty who would destroy me,

Being my enemies wrongfully;

Though I have stolen nothing,

I still must restore it.

⁵O God, You know my foolishness;

And my sins are not hidden from You.

⁶Let not those who ³wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me;

Let not those who seek You be ⁴confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

⁷Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;

Shame has covered my face.

^8fI have become a stranger to my brothers,

And an alien to my mother’s children;

^9gBecause zeal for Your house has eaten me up,

^hAnd the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

¹⁰When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,

That became my reproach.

¹¹I also ⁵made sackcloth my garment;

I became a byword to them.

¹²Those who ⁶sit in the gate speak against me,

And I am the song of the ⁱdrunkards.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You,

O Lord, in the acceptable time;

O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,

Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

¹⁴Deliver me out of the mire,

And let me not sink;

Let me be delivered from those who hate me,

And out of the deep waters.

¹⁵Let not the floodwater overflow me,

Nor let the deep swallow me up;

And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

¹⁶Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;

Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.

¹⁷And do not hide Your face from Your servant,

For I am in trouble;

Hear me speedily.

¹⁸Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;

Deliver me because of my enemies.

¹⁹You know ^jmy reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;

My adversaries are all before You.

²⁰Reproach has broken my heart,

And I am full of ⁷heaviness;

^kI looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;

And for ^lcomforters, but I found none.

²¹They also gave me gall for my food,

^mAnd for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²²ⁿLet their table become a snare before them,

And their well-being a trap.

^23oLet their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;

And make their loins shake continually.

^24pPour out Your indignation upon them,

And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

^25qLet their dwelling place be desolate;

Let no one live in their tents.

²⁶For they persecute the ones ^rYou have struck,

And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.

^27sAdd iniquity to their iniquity,

^tAnd let them not come into Your righteousness.

²⁸Let them ^ube blotted out of the book of the living,

^vAnd not be written with the righteous.

²⁹But I am poor and sorrowful;

Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

^30wI will praise the name of God with a song,

And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

^31xThis also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull,

Which has horns and hooves.

^32yThe humble shall see this and be glad;

And you who seek God, ^zyour hearts shall live.

³³For the Lord hears the poor,

And does not despise ^aHis prisoners.

^34bLet heaven and earth praise Him,

The seas ^cand everything that moves in them.

^35dFor God will save Zion

And build the cities of Judah,

That they may dwell there and possess it.

³⁶Also, ^ethe ⁸descendants of His servants shall inherit it,

And those who love His name shall dwell in it.