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69:1  For the choir director. According to “Lilies.” By David. Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
69:2  I sink into the deep mud, where there is no place to stand. I have entered deep waters, and the rapids rush over me.
69:3  I am worn out from my crying. My throat is sore. My eyes are blurry, as I wait for my God.
69:4  Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me, my lying enemies, are strong. I must repay things I did not steal.
69:5  God, you know my folly, and my guilt is not hidden from you.
69:6  May those who place their confidence in you not be put to shame because of me, O Lord, the Lord of Armies. May those who seek you not be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel.
69:7  It is for your sake that I bear scorn. Shame covers my face.
69:8  I have become a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s sons.
69:9  Yes, zeal for your house consumes me. The scorn of those who scorn you falls on me.
69:10  I wept as I fasted, but this only brought insults to me.
69:11  When I wore sackcloth as my clothing, I was a joke to them.
69:12  Those who sit in the gatehouse gossip about me, and the songs of the drunks are about me.
69:13  But I direct my prayer to you, O Lord, for a time of favor. God, in the greatness of your mercy, answer me with the certainty of salvation from you.
69:14  Rescue me from the mud, so I do not sink. Let me escape from those who hate me and from the deep waters.
69:15  Do not let the rapids rush over me. Do not let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit close its mouth over me.
69:16  Answer me, Lord, for your mercy is good. According to your great compassion, turn to me.
69:17  Do not hide your face from your servant. Because I am in distress, hurry, answer me.
69:18  Come near. Redeem my soul. Ransom me because of my enemies.
69:19  You know my disgrace, my shame, and my confusion. All my foes are in front of you.
69:20  Disgrace has broken my heart, and I am helpless. I waited for sympathy, but there was none. I waited for comforters, but I did not find any.
69:21  Instead they put bitter poison in my food. For my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
69:22  May the table set before them become a snare. May it be a trap to them and their allies.
69:23  May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see. Make their legs always tremble.
69:24  Pour out your wrath on them. Let the heat of your anger catch up with them.
69:25  May their camp be desolate. May there be no one dwelling in their tents.
69:26  For they pursue those you have disciplined, O God, and they talk about the pain of those you wound.
69:27  Add guilt to their guilt. Do not let them enter into your righteousness.
69:28  May they be erased from the book of life. May they not be listed among the righteous.
69:29  But I am afflicted and in pain. O God, may salvation from you set me on high.
69:30  I will praise God’s name in song. I will proclaim his greatness with thanksgiving.
69:31  For the Lord this is better than an ox, than a bull that has horns and hoofs.
69:32  The poor will see and be glad. You who seek God, may your hearts live!
69:33  For the Lord listens to the needy, and he does not despise the captives who belong to him.
69:34  Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,
69:35  for God will save Zion, and he will build the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it.
69:36  Then the descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell in it.