Home Master Index
←Prev   Psalms 69 as rendered by/in  Next→ 


69:1  Save me, God, For the waters have threatened my life.
69:2  I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.
69:3  I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
69:4  Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, those who oppose me with lies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.
69:5  God, You know my foolishness, And my guilt is not hidden from You.
69:6  May those who wait for You not be ashamed because of me, Lord God of armies; May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel,
69:7  Because for Your sake I have endured disgrace; Dishonor has covered my face.
69:8  I have become estranged from my brothers, And a stranger to my mother’s sons.
69:9  For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.
69:10  When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my disgrace.
69:11  When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb to them.
69:12  Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.
69:13  But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, at an acceptable time; God, in the greatness of Your mercy, Answer me with Your saving truth.
69:14  Rescue me from the mud and do not let me sink; May I be rescued from those who hate me, and from the depths of water.
69:15  May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit close its mouth on me.
69:16  Answer me, Lord, for Your mercy is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,
69:17  And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.
69:18  Come near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies!
69:19  You know my disgrace, my shame, and my dishonor; All my enemies are known to You.
69:20  Disgrace has broken my heart, and I am so sick. And I waited for sympathy, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
69:21  They also gave me a bitter herb in my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
69:22  May their table before them become a snare; And when they are at peace, may it become a trap.
69:23  May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their hips shake continually.
69:24  Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them.
69:25  May their camp be desolated; May there be none living in their tents.
69:26  For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself struck, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.
69:27  Add guilt to their guilt, And may they not come into Your righteousness.
69:28  May they be wiped out of the book of life, And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
69:29  But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, God, set me safely on high.
69:30  I will praise the name of God with song, And exalt Him with thanksgiving.
69:31  And it will please the Lord better than an ox Or bull with horns and hoofs.
69:32  The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive.
69:33  For the Lord hears the needy, And does not despise those of His who are prisoners.
69:34  Heaven and earth shall praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.
69:35  For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, So that they may live there and possess it.
69:36  The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will live in it.