Psalms 69

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.

2 I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

3 I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

4 Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

5 You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.

6 May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.

7 For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

10 I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

11 I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

13 But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.

14 Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.

15 Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

16 Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

17 Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

18 Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.

19 You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.

20 Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

21 They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

22 May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

24 Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.

25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.

27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

28 May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

29 But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

30 I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

31 And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.

32 The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

33 For the LORD listens to the needy and does 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 rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.

36 The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.

1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. 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 of 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 mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.

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

6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, 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 thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10 When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.

13 ¶ But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear 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 overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness [is] good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

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

19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: 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 meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 ¶ Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief 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 the living, 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 [This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

32 The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell 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.

1 a psalm of David from the roses, to be sung.

2 God, help me; for the water is come up to my soul.

3 I sink in deep mire, because there is no bottom: I am in deep water, and the flood will drown me.

4 I have cried with a sore voice, my throat is sore: my face is sore, because I have waited so long for my God.

5 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. They that are unreasonably hostile unto me, And destroy me, are mighty. I must pay for that which I have not stolen.

6 O God, thou knowest my folly, and my debts are not hid from thee.

7 Let not them that wait for thee, O LORD of hosts, be ashamed of me. Let not them that seek thee, O God of Israel, be ashamed in me.

8 For thy sake I bear reproach, my face is full of shame.

9 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and unknown unto my mother's children.

10 For I am almost jealous for thine house: and the reproach of them that reproach thee is upon me.

11 And I weep, and fast bitterly; and they mock me for it.

12 I have put on sackcloth; but they make a mockery of it.

13 They that sit in the gate wash of me; and in the taverns they sing of me.

14 But I pray thee, O LORD, in due season. God, through your great goodness, hear me with your faithful help!

15 Deliver me out of the dung, that I sink not; that I may be delivered from mine haters, and from the deep waters,

16 Lest the flood of waters drown me, and the deep swallow me up, and the hole of the pit close upon me.

17 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is acceptable: turn thee unto me according to thy great mercy.

18 And hide not thy face from thy servant: for I am afraid: hear me speedily.

19 Make thee my soul, and deliver it: deliver me for mine enemies' sake.

20 Thou knowest my reproach, my shame, and my disgrace: mine adversaries are all before thee.

21 The reproach breaketh my heart, and grieveth me. I wait to see if any will mourn, but there is none; and for comforters, but I find none.

22 And they give me gall to eat, and vinegar to drink in my great thirst.

23 Let their table become a snare before them, a retribution and a trap!

24 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and let their loins always be troubled.

25 Pour out thy displeasure upon them, and let thy fierce anger seize them.

26 Let their habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in their tents.

27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and boast that thou hast smitten thine own with evil.

28 Let them fall into one sin upon another, that they come not unto thy righteousness.

29 Blot them out of the book of the living, that they be not written with the righteous.

30 But I am wretched, and I am in woe. God, your help protect me!

31 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will highly honor him with thanksgiving.

32 This shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

33 The wretched see and rejoice; and those who seek God, their hearts will live.

34 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

35 Let heaven, earth, and sea, and all that moveth therein, praise him.

36 For God shall help Zion, and build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there, and possess them.

37 And the seed of his servants shall inherit them, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.