Psalm 69

Save Me, O God

To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David.

1  Save me, O God!
For the waters have come up to my neck.t
2  I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.
3  I am weary with my crying out;
my throat is parched.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.

4  More in number than the hairs of my head
are those who hate me without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?
5  O God, you know my folly;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.

6  Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,
O Lord God of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
O God of Israel.
7  For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.
8  I have become a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother's sons.

9  For zeal for your house has consumed me,
and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10  When I wept and humbledt my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11  When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
12  I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,
and the drunkards make songs about me.

13  But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14  Deliver me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.
15  Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or the pit close its mouth over me.

16  Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good;
according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
17  Hide not your face from your servant;
for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.
18  Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!

19  You know my reproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
20  Reproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none,
and for comforters, but I found none.
21  They gave me poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.

22  Let their own table before them become a snare;
and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.t
23  Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
and make their loins tremble continually.
24  Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25  May their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
26  For they persecute him whom you have struck down,
and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
27  Add to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you.t
28  Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be enrolled among the righteous.

29  But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, set me on high!

30  I will praise the name of God with a song;
I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31  This will please the Lord more than an ox
or a bull with horns and hoofs.
32  When the humble see it they will be glad;
you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
33  For the Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

34  Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and everything that moves in them.
35  For God will save Zion
and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;
36  the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

Psalm 69

1 Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.

6 Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children.

9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

12 They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.

19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.

20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

21 They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

29 But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.

31 And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

32 The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

33 For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.

35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein.