Psalm 69:1-36 AMP

[1] Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck]. [2] I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me. [3] I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God. [4] Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully; I am forced to restore what I did not steal. [5] O God, You know my folly; My wrongs are not hidden from You. [6] Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel, [7] Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Confusion and dishonor have covered my face. [8] I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother’s sons. [9] For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. [10] When I wept and humbled myself with fasting, It became my reproach. [11] When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning], I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them. [12] They who sit in the [city’s] gate talk about me and mock me, And I am the song of the drunkards. [13] But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable and opportune time; O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation]. [14] Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters. [15] Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me, Nor the deep waters swallow me up, Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me. [16] Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is sweet and good and comforting; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me. [17] Do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly. [18] Draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies [so that they do not delight in my distress]. [19] You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor [how I am insulted]; My adversaries are all before You [each one fully known]. [20] Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none. [21] They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. [22] May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them]; And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], may it become a trap. [23] May their eyes be dimmed so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually [in terror and weakness]. [24] Pour out Your indignation on them, And let [the fierceness of] Your burning anger overtake them. [25] May their encampment be desolate; May no one dwell in their tents. [26] For they have persecuted him whom You have struck, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced and wounded. [27] Add [unforgiven] iniquity to their iniquity [in Your book], And may they not come into Your righteousness. [28] May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end] And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God). [29] But I am sorrowful and in pain; May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high. [30] I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving. [31] And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs. [32] The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live. [33] For the LORD hears the needy And does not despise His 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 rebuild the cities of Judah, That His servants may remain there and possess it. [36] The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it.