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69:1  (For the one directing. Al Shoshanim. Of Dovid.) Hoshi’eini, O Elohim; for the mayim are come unto my nefesh (i.e., neck).
69:2  I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of the mayim, where the floods overflow me.
69:3  I am weary of my crying out; my garon (throat) is dry; mine eyes fail while I wait for Elohai.
69:4  They that have sinas chinom (baseless hatred) toward me are more than the hairs of mine rosh; they that would destroy me, being mine oyevim (enemies) sheker (baselessly) are mighty; then I restored that which I did not steal.
69:5  O Elohim, Thou knowest my folly; and my ashmot (guiltinesses) are not hid from Thee.
69:6  Let not them that wait on Thee, Adonoi Hashem Tzva’os, be ashamed because of me; let not those that seek Thee be disgraced because of me, O Elohei Yisroel.
69:7  Because for Thy sake I have borne cherpah; shame hath covered my face.
69:8  I am become a stranger unto my achim, and a nochri (foreigner) unto the bnei immi (sons of my mother).
69:9  For kinas Beitcha (zeal for Thy House) hath consumed me; and the cherpot of them that scorned Thee are fallen upon me [Yn 2:17].
69:10  When I wept, and chastened my nefesh in the tzom (fast), that became my cherpot (reproaches).
69:11  I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a mashal (byword) to them.
69:12  They that sit [as judges] in the sha’ar (gate) speak against me; and I was the neginot (drinking songs) of the drunkards.
69:13  But as for me, may my tefillah be unto Thee, Hashem, in an et ratzon (acceptable time, time of favor); O Elohim, in the multitude of Thy chesed hear me, in the emes of Thy salvation.
69:14  Save me out of the teet (mire, clay, soil) and let me not sink; let me be saved from them that hate me, and out of the depths of the mayim.
69:15  Let not the floodwaters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the be’er (pit) shut her mouth upon me.
69:16  Hear me, Hashem, for Thy chesed is tov; turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy rachamim;
69:17  And hide not Thy face from Thy eved; for I am in tzoros. Hear me speedily.
69:18  Draw near unto my nefesh, and make the go’el redemption of it; deliver me because of mine oyevim (enemies).
69:19  Thou hast known the cherpah (scorn) I bear, and my shame, and my dishonor; mine adversaries are all before Thee.
69:20  Reproach hath broken my lev; and I have sickness as unto death; and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for menachamim (comforters), but I found none.
69:21  They gave me also gall in my food; and in my tzamah (thirst) they gave me chometz (vinegar) to drink [See Mt.27:34,48; Mk.15:23,36; Lk.23:36 Yn.19:28-30 OJBC].
69:22  Let their shulchan become a pach (snare, trap) before them; and that which should have been for their shlomim (peacefulnesses), let it become a mokesh (trap).
69:23  Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins shake tamid.
69:24  Pour out Thine indignation upon them, and let Thy charon af (burning wrath) overtake them.
69:25  Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their ohalim [See Ac 1:20 OJBC].
69:26  For they persecute him whom Thou hast struck; and they tell of the makh’ov (pain, grief) of those whom Thou hast wounded.
69:27  Add avon (iniquity) unto their avon; and let them not come into Thy tzedakah.
69:28  Let them be blotted out of the Sefer Chayyim, and not be recorded with the tzaddikim.
69:29  But I am ani (poor) and in pain; let Thy Yeshuah (salvation), O Elohim, set me up on high.
69:30  I will praise Shem Elohim b’shir (in song), and will magnify Him with todah (thanksgiving).
69:31  This also shall please Hashem better than shor (ox) or bull that hath keren (horn) and parsah (hoof).
69:32  Those that have anavah (meekness, humility) shall see this, and have simchah; and your [pl.] lev shall live that seek Elohim.
69:33  For Hashem heareth the evyonim (needy ones, poor), and despiseth not His prisoners.
69:34  Let the Shomayim v’Aretz praise Him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
69:35  For Elohim yoshi’a (will save) Tziyon, and will build the cities of Yehudah; that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
69:36  The zera also of His avadim shall inherit it; and they that love Shmo shall dwell therein.