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69:1  For the choir director; according to shoshannim; by David. Save me, O Elohim! The water is already up to my neck!
69:2  I am sinking in deep mud. There is nothing to stand on. I am in deep water. A flood is sweeping me away.
69:3  I am exhausted from crying for help. My throat is hoarse. My eyes are strained from looking for my Elohim.
69:4  Those who hate me for no reason outnumber the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me are mighty. They have no reason to be my enemies. I am forced to pay back what I did not steal.
69:5  O Elohim, you know my stupidity, and the things of which I am guilty are not hidden from you.
69:6  Do not let those who wait with hope for you be put to shame because of me, O Adonay Yahweh Tsebaoth. Do not let those who come to you for help be humiliated because of me, O Elohim of Israel.
69:7  Indeed, for your sake I have endured insults. Humiliation has covered my face.
69:8  I have become a stranger to my own brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s sons.
69:9  Indeed, devotion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
69:10  I cried and fasted, but I was insulted for it.
69:11  I dressed myself in sackcloth, but I became the object of ridicule.
69:12  Those who sit at the gate gossip about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.
69:13  May my prayer come to you at an acceptable time, O Yahweh. O Elohim, out of the greatness of your mercy, answer me with the truth of your salvation.
69:14  Rescue me from the mud. Do not let me sink into it. I want to be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep water.
69:15  Do not let floodwaters sweep me away. Do not let the ocean swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
69:16  Answer me, O Yahweh, because your mercy is good. Out of your unlimited compassion, turn to me.
69:17  I am in trouble, so do not hide your face from me. Answer me quickly!
69:18  Come close, and defend my soul. Set me free because of my enemies.
69:19  You know that I have been insulted, put to shame, and humiliated. All my opponents are in front of you.
69:20  Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none. I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one.
69:21  They poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.
69:22  Let the table set for them become a trap and a snare for their friends.
69:23  Let their vision become clouded so that they cannot see. Let their thighs continually shake.
69:24  Pour your rage on them. Let your burning anger catch up with them.
69:25  Let their camp be deserted and their tents empty.
69:26  They persecute the one you have struck, and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.
69:27  Charge them with one crime after another. Do not let them be found innocent.
69:28  Let their names be erased from the Book of Life. Do not let them be listed with righteous people.
69:29  I am suffering and in pain. Let your saving power protect me, O Elohim.
69:30  I want to praise the name of Elohim with a song. I want to praise its greatness with a song of thanksgiving.
69:31  This will please Yahweh more than sacrificing an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.
69:32  Oppressed people will see this and rejoice. May the hearts of those who look to Elohim for help be refreshed.
69:33  Yahweh listens to needy people. He does not despise his own who are in prison.
69:34  Let heaven and earth, the seas, and everything that moves in them, praise him.
69:35  When Elohim saves Zion, he will rebuild the cities of Judah. His servants will live there and take possession of it.
69:36  The descendants of his servants will inherit it. Those who love him will live there.