Psalm 69

1 For the choir director; according to shoshannim ; by David. Save me, O God!The water is already up to my neck!2 I am sinking in deep mud.There is nothing to stand on.I am in deep water.A flood is sweeping me away.3 I am exhausted from crying for help.My throat is hoarse.My eyes are strained from looking for my God.4 Those who hate me for no reasonoutnumber 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.5 O God, you know my stupidity,and the things of which I am guilty are not hidden from you.6 Do not let those who wait with hope for yoube put to shame because of me, O Almighty Lord of Armies.Do not let those who come to you for helpbe humiliated because of me, O God of Israel.7 Indeed, for your sake I have endured insults.Humiliation has covered my face.8 I have become a stranger to my own brothers,a foreigner to my mother’s sons.9 Indeed, devotion for your house has consumed me,and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.10 I cried and fasted, but I was insulted for it.11 I dressed myself in sackcloth, but I became the object of ridicule.12 Those who sit at the gate gossip about me,and drunkards make up songs about me.13 May my prayer come to you at an acceptable time, O Lord.O God, out of the greatness of your mercy,answer me with the truth of your salvation.14 Rescue me from the mud.Do not let me sink into it.I want to be rescued from those who hate meand from the deep water.15 Do not let floodwaters sweep me away.Do not let the ocean swallow me up,or the pit close its mouth over me.16 Answer me, O Lord, because your mercy is good.Out of your unlimited compassion, turn to me.17 I am in trouble, so do not hide your face from me.Answer me quickly!18 Come close, and defend my soul.Set me free because of my enemies.19 You know that I have been insulted, put to shame, and humiliated.All my opponents are in front of you.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.21 They poisoned my food,and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.22 Let the table set for them become a trapand a snare for their friends.23 Let their vision become clouded so that they cannot see.Let their thighs continually shake.24 Pour your rage on them.Let your burning anger catch up with them.25 Let their camp be desertedand their tents empty.26 They persecute the one you have struck,and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.27 Charge them with one crime after another.Do not let them be found innocent.28 Let their names be erased from the Book of Life.Do not let them be listed with righteous people.29 I am suffering and in pain.Let your saving power protect me, O God.30 I want to praise the name of God with a song.I want to praise its greatness with a song of thanksgiving.31 This will please the Lord more than sacrificing an oxor a bull with horns and hoofs.32 Oppressed people will see this and rejoice.May the hearts of those who look to God for help be refreshed.33 The Lord listens to needy people.He does not despise his own who are in prison.34 Let heaven and earth, the seas, and everything that moves in them, praise him.35 When God saves Zion, he will rebuild the cities of Judah.His servants will live there and take possession of it.36 The descendants of his servants will inherit it.Those who love him will live there.

Psalm 69

For the music director; according to the tune of “Lilies;” by David.

1 Deliver me, O God,
for the water has reached my neck.

2 I sink into the deep mire
where there is no solid ground;
I am in deep water,
and the current overpowers me.

3 I am exhausted from shouting for help;
my throat is sore;
my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.

4 Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head.
Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me.
They make me repay what I did not steal!

5 O God, you are aware of my foolish sins;
my guilt is not hidden from you.

6 Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me,
O sovereign Lord and king!
Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me,
O God of Israel!

7 For I suffer humiliation for your sake
and am thoroughly disgraced.

8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger;
they act as if I were a foreigner.

9 Certainly zeal for your house consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you.

10 I weep and refrain from eating food,
which causes others to insult me.

11 I wear sackcloth
and they ridicule me.

12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me;
drunkards mock me in their songs.

13 O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me!
O God, because of your great loyal love,
answer me with your faithful deliverance!

14 Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink!
Deliver me from those who hate me,
from the deep water!

15 Don’t let the current overpower me!
Don’t let the deep swallow me up!
Don’t let the pit devour me!

16 Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good!
Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!

17 Do not ignore your servant,
for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!

18 Come near me and redeem me!
Because of my enemies, rescue me!

19 You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced;
you can see all my enemies.

20 Their insults are painful and make me lose heart;
I look for sympathy, but receive none,
for comforters, but find none.

21 They put bitter poison into my food,
and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.

22 May their dining table become a trap before them!
May it be a snare for that group of friends!

23 May their eyes be blinded!
Make them shake violently!

24 Pour out your judgment on them!
May your raging anger overtake them!

25 May their camp become desolate,
their tents uninhabited!

26 For they harass the one whom you discipline;
they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

27 Hold them accountable for all their sins!
Do not vindicate them!

28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living!
Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

29 I am oppressed and suffering!
O God, deliver and protect me!

30 I will sing praises to God’s name!
I will magnify him as I give him thanks!

31 That will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull
with horns and hooves.

32 The oppressed look on – let them rejoice!
You who seek God, may you be encouraged!

33 For the Lord listens to the needy;
he does not despise his captive people.

34 Let the heavens and the earth praise him,
along with the seas and everything that swims in them!

35 For God will deliver Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah,
and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

36 The descendants of his servants will inherit it,
and those who are loyal to him will live in it.