Psalm 69:1-36 LSV

[1] TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILIES.” BY DAVID. Save me, O God, for waters have come to the soul. [2] I have sunk in deep mire, || And there is no standing, || I have come into the depths of the waters, || And a flood has overflown me. [3] I have been wearied with my calling, || My throat has been burned, || My eyes have been consumed, waiting for my God. [4] Those hating me without cause || Have been more than the hairs of my head, || Mighty have been my destroyers, || My lying enemies, || That which I did not take away—I bring back. [5] O God, You have known || Concerning my overturn, || And my desolations have not been hid from You. [6] Do not let those waiting on You be ashamed because of me, || O Lord, YHWH of Hosts, || Do not let those seeking You || Blush because of me, || O God of Israel. [7] For because of You I have borne reproach, || Shame has covered my face. [8] I have been a stranger to my brother, || And a foreigner to sons of my mother. [9] For [my] zeal for Your house has consumed me, || And the reproaches of Your reproachers || Have fallen on me. [10] And I weep in the fasting of my soul, || And it is for a reproach to me. [11] And I make my clothing sackcloth, || And I am for an allegory to them. [12] Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, || And those drinking strong drink, || Play on instruments. [13] And my prayer [is] to You, O YHWH, || A time of good pleasure, O God, || In the abundance of Your kindness, || Answer me in the truth of Your salvation. [14] Deliver me from the mire, and do not let me sink, || Let me be delivered from those hating me, || And from deep places of waters. [15] Do not let a flood of waters overflow me, || Nor let the deep swallow me up, || Nor let the pit shut her mouth on me. [16] Answer me, O YHWH, for Your kindness [is] good, || Turn to me according to the abundance of Your mercies, [17] And do not hide Your face from Your servant, || For I am in distress—hurry, answer me. [18] Be near to my soul—redeem it, || Ransom me because of my enemies. [19] You have known my reproach, || And my shame, and my blushing, || All my adversaries [are] before You. [20] Reproach has broken my heart, and I am sick, || And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, || And for comforters, and I have found none. [21] And they give gall for my food, || And cause me to drink vinegar for my thirst. [22] Their table before them is for a snare, || And for a repayment—for a trap. [23] Their eyes are darkened from seeing, || And their loins continually shake You. [24] Pour Your indignation on them, || And the fierceness of Your anger seizes them. [25] Their tower is desolated, || There is no dweller in their tents. [26] For they have pursued him [whom] You have struck, || And recount of the pain of Your pierced ones. [27] Give punishment for their iniquity, || And they do not enter into Your righteousness. [28] They are blotted out of the scroll of life, || And are not written with the righteous. [29] And I [am] afflicted and pained, || Your salvation, O God, sets me on high. [30] I praise the Name of God with a song, || And I magnify Him with thanksgiving, [31] And it is better to YHWH than an ox, || A bullock—horned [and] hoofed. [32] The humble have seen—they rejoice, || You who seek God—and your heart lives. [33] For YHWH listens to the needy, || And He has not despised His bound ones. [34] The heavens and earth praise Him, || Seas, and every moving thing in them. [35] For God saves Zion, || And builds the cities of Judah, || And they have dwelt there, and possess it. [36] And the seed of His servants inherit it, || And those loving His Name dwell in it!