Psa 69:1
For the choir director. According to [fn]Shoshannim. Of David.
Save H3467 me, O God H430,
For the waters H4325 have [fn]threatened H935 H5704 my life H5315.
Psa 69:2
I have sunk H2883 in deep H4688 clay H3121, and there H369 is H369 no H369 foothold H4613;
I have come H935 into deep H4615 waters H4325, and a [fn]flood H7641 overflows H7857 me.
Psa 69:3
I am weary H3021 with my calling H7121 out H7121; my throat H1627 is H2787 parched H2787;
My eyes H5869 fail H3615 while I wait H3176 for my God H430.
Psa 69:4
Those who hate H8130 me without H2600 cause H2600 are H7231 more H7231 than H4480 the hairs H8185 of my head H7218;
Those who would [fn]destroy H6789 me are H6105 powerful H6105, being wrongfully H8267 my enemies H340;
What H834 I did not steal H1497, I then H227 have to restore H7725.
Psa 69:5
O God H430, it is You who knows H3045 my folly H200,
And [fn]all my guilt H819 is not hidden H3582 from You.
Psa 69:6
May those who hope H6960 for You not be H954 ashamed H954 through me, O Lord H136 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635;
May those who seek H1245 You not be dishonored H3637 through me, O God H430 of Israel H3478,
Psa 69:7
Because H3588 for H5921 Your sake H5921 I have borne H5375 reproach H2781;
Dishonor H3639 has covered H3680 my face H6440.
Psa 69:8
I have become H1961 estranged H2114 [fn]from my brothers H251
And a foreigner H5237 to my mother’s H517 sons H1121.
Psa 69:9
For zeal H7068 for Your house H1004 has consumed H398 me,
And the reproaches H2781 of those who reproach H2778 You have fallen H5307 on me.
Psa 69:10
When I wept H1058 in my soul H5315 with fasting H6685,
It became H1961 my reproach H2781.
Psa 69:11
When I made H5414 sackcloth H8242 my clothing H3830,
I became H1961 a byword H4912 to them.
Psa 69:12
Those who dwell H3427 at the gate H8179 moan H7878 about me,
And I am the drunkards’ H7941 H8354 songs H5058.
Psa 69:13
But as for me, my prayer H8605 is to You, O Yahweh H3068, at an acceptable H7522 time H6256;
O God H430, in the abundance H7230 of Your lovingkindness H2617,
Answer H6030 me with the truth H571 of Your salvation H3468.
Psa 69:14
Deliver H5337 me from the mire H2916 and do not let me sink H2883;
May I be delivered H5337 from [fn]my foes H8130 and from the [fn]deep H4615 waters H4325.
Psa 69:15
May the [fn]flood H7641 of water H4325 not overflow H7857 me
Nor H408 the deep H4688 swallow H1104 me up,
Nor H408 the pit H875 shut H332 its mouth H6310 on me.
Psa 69:16
Answer H6030 me, O Yahweh H3068, for Your lovingkindness H2617 is good H2896;
According to the abundance H7230 of Your compassion H7356, turn H6437 to me,
Psa 69:17
And do not hide H5641 Your face H6440 from Your slave H5650,
For I am H6887 in H6887 distress H6887; answer H6030 me quickly H4118.
Psa 69:18
Oh draw H7126 near H7126 to my soul H5315 and redeem H1350 it;
Ransom H6299 me because H4616 of my enemies H340!
Psa 69:19
You know H3045 my reproach H2781 and my shame H1322 and my dishonor H3639;
All H3605 my adversaries H6887 are [fn]before H5048 You.
Psa 69:20
Reproach H2781 has broken H7665 my heart H3820 and I am so sick H5136.
And I hoped H6960 for sympathy H5110, but there H369 was H369 none H369,
And for comforters H5162, but I found H4672 none H3808.
Psa 69:21
They also gave H5414 me [fn]gall H7219 [fn]for my food H1267
And for my thirst H6772 they gave H8248 me vinegar H2558 to H8248 drink H8248.
Psa 69:22
May their table H7979 before H6440 them become H1961 a snare H4170;
And [fn]when they are in peace H7965, may it become a trap H4170.
Psa 69:23
May their eyes H5869 darken H2821 so H4480 that H4480 they cannot H4480 see H7200,
And make their loins H4975 quake H4571 continually H8548.
Psa 69:24
Pour H8210 out H8210 Your indignation H2195 on them,
And may Your burning H2740 anger H639 overtake H5381 them.
Psa 69:25
May their [fn]camp H2918 be H8074 desolate H8074;
May none H408 dwell H3427 in their tents H168.
Psa 69:26
For they have persecuted H7291 him whom H834 You Yourself H859 have struck H5221 down H5221,
And they recount H5608 the pain H4341 of those whom You have [fn]wounded H2491.
Psa 69:27
Add H5414 iniquity H5771 to their iniquity H5771,
And may they not come H935 into Your righteousness H6666.
Psa 69:28
May they be blotted H4229 out H4229 of the book H5612 of life H2416
And may they not be [fn]recorded H3789 with the righteous H6662.
Psa 69:29
But I am afflicted H6041 and in H3510 pain H3510;
[fn]May Your salvation H3444, O God H430, set H7682 me securely on H7682 high H7682.
Psa 69:30
I will praise H1984 the name H8034 of God H430 with song H7892
And magnify H1431 Him with thanksgiving H8426.
Psa 69:31
And this will please H3190 Yahweh H3068 better H3190 than H4480 an ox H7794
Or a young H6499 bull H6499 with horns H7161 and hoofs H6536.
Psa 69:32
The humble H6035 [fn]see H7200 it and are H8055 glad H8055;
You who seek H1875 God H430, let your heart H3824 [fn]revive H2421.
Psa 69:33
For Yahweh H3068 hears H8085 the needy H34
And does not despise H959 His who are prisoners H615.
Psa 69:34
Let heaven H8064 and earth H776 praise H1984 Him,
The seas H3220 and everything H3605 that moves H7430 in them.
Psa 69:35
For God H430 will save H3467 Zion H6726 and build H1129 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063,
That they may dwell H3427 there H8033 and possess H3423 it.
Psa 69:36
The seed H2233 of His slaves H5650 will inherit H5157 it,
And those who love H157 His name H8034 will dwell H7931 in it.
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