Psalm, 69

To the director; set to “The Lilies.” Of David.

¹ Save me, O God, for the waters threaten my life.^*1

² I have sunk down into the deep mud, where there is no solid ground. I have come into deep waters, And the rushing stream has swept me away.

³ I am exhausted from calling out; My throat has become hoarse. My eyes have grown weary while waiting for my God.

⁴ Those hating me without cause Are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who would do away with me, My treacherous enemies,^*1 have become many. I was forced to hand over what I had not stolen.

⁵ O God, you are aware of my foolishness, And my guilt is not hidden from you.

⁶ May those hoping in you not be put to shame because of me, O Sovereign Lord, Jehovah of armies. May those seeking you not be humiliated because of me, O God of Israel.

⁷ I suffer reproach on your account; Humiliation covers my face.

⁸ I have become a stranger to my brothers, A foreigner to the sons of my mother.

⁹ Zeal for your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen upon me.

¹⁰ When I humbled myself^*1 with fasting,^*2 I was reproached for it.

¹¹ When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became an object of scorn^*1 to them.

¹² I am the talk of those sitting in the city gate, And the drunkards make me the subject of their songs.

¹³ But may my prayer come to you, O Jehovah, at an acceptable time. In your abundant loyal love, O God, Answer me with your sure acts of salvation.

¹⁴ Rescue me from the mire; Do not let me sink down. Rescue me from those who hate me And from the deep waters.

¹⁵ Do not let the rushing floodwaters sweep me away, Or let the deep swallow me, Or let the well^*1 close its mouth over me.

¹⁶ Answer me, O Jehovah, for your loyal love is good. According to your abundant mercy turn toward me,

¹⁷ And do not hide your face from your servant. Answer me quickly, for I am in distress.

¹⁸ Come near to me and rescue me;^*1 Redeem me on account of my enemies.

¹⁹ You know my reproach and my disgrace and my humiliation. You see all my foes.

²⁰ Reproach has broken my heart, and the wound is incurable.^*1 I was hoping for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none.

²¹ But for food they gave me poison,^*1 And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²² Let their table become a trap for them, And their prosperity, a snare.

²³ Let their eyes become darkened so that they cannot see, And make their hips tremble constantly.

²⁴ Pour out upon them your indignation,^*1 And may your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵ Let their encampment^*1 become desolate; Let there be no inhabitant in their tents.

²⁶ For they pursue the one whom you struck, And they keep recounting the pains of those you wounded.

²⁷ Add more guilt to their guilt, And may they have no share in your righteousness.

²⁸ Let them be erased from the book of the living,^*1 And may they not be enrolled among the righteous.

²⁹ But I am afflicted and in pain. May your saving power, O God, protect me.

³⁰ I will sing praises to the name of God, And I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

³¹ This will please Jehovah more than a bull, More than a young bull with horns and hooves.

³² The meek will see it and rejoice. You who are seeking God, may your hearts revive.

³³ For Jehovah is listening to the poor, And he will not despise his captive people.

³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

³⁵ For God will save Zion And will rebuild the cities of Judah, And they will dwell there and possess it.^*1

³⁶ The descendants of his servants will inherit it, And those who love his name will reside in it.