Psa.|69:Title|-|To the choir director: according to |*|Shoshannim. |a|Of David
Psa.|69:1|-||1|Save me, O God; for the watersThreaten my life.
Psa.|69:2|-|I sink in deep mire,And there is no place to stand;
I have come to the depths of water,And the flood flows over me.
Psa.|69:3|-|I am weary of my crying;My throat is parched;
My eyes failWhile I wait for my God.
Psa.|69:4|-|More numerous than the hairs of my headAre those who |a|hate me without cause;
Mighty are those who would destroy me,Those who are wrongly my enemies.
What I did not steal,I must then restore.
Psa.|69:5|-|O God, You know my foolishness,And my sins of guilt are not hidden from You.
Psa.|69:6|-|Do not let those who wait on You be put to shame because of me,O Lord Jehovah of hosts;
Do not let those who seek You be humiliated because of me,O God of Israel.
Psa.|69:7|-|Because for Your sake I have borne |a|reproach;Humiliation has covered my face.
Psa.|69:8|-|I have become a stranger to my |a|brothers,And a foreigner to my mother’s children.
Psa.|69:9|-|For the |a|zeal of Your house has devoured me,And the |b|reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
Psa.|69:10|-|When I |a|wept, when my soul was in fasting,That became a reproach to me.
Psa.|69:11|-|When I made sackcloth my clothing,I became a |a|proverb to them.
Psa.|69:12|-|Those who sit in the gate |a|talk about me,And I am the mocking song of those who drink liquor.
Psa.|69:13|-|But as for me, my prayer is to You,O Jehovah, in an |a|acceptable time;
O God, in the abundance of Your lovingkindness answer me,In the faithfulness of Your salvation.
Psa.|69:14|-|Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink;May I be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the depths of water.
Psa.|69:15|-|Do not let the flood of water flow over me,Nor let the deep swallow me,
Nor let the pit close its mouth over me.
Psa.|69:16|-|Answer me, O Jehovah; for Your lovingkindness is good;According to the abundance of Your compassions turn to me.
Psa.|69:17|-|And do not hide Your face from Your servant,For I am in distress; hurry and answer me.
Psa.|69:18|-|Draw near to my soul; redeem it;Ransom me because of my enemies.
Psa.|69:19|-|You know my |a|reproachAnd my shame and my humiliation;
All my adversaries are before You.
Psa.|69:20|-|Reproach has broken my heart,And I am sick;
I looked for pity, but there was none;And for comforters, but I found |a|none.
Psa.|69:21|-|But they gave me |a|gall for my food,And for my |b|thirst they gave me |c|vinegar to drink.
Psa.|69:22|-||1a|May their table become a snare before themAnd a trap when they are at peace.
Psa.|69:23|-|May their eyes be darkened so that they cannot |a|see;And make their loins shake continually.
Psa.|69:24|-|Pour out Your indignation upon them;And may the burning fierceness of Your anger overtake them.
Psa.|69:25|-||a|May their camp be desolate;May there be no one to dwell in their tents.
Psa.|69:26|-|For they persecute him whom You have |a|stricken,And they recount the pain of those whom You have wounded.
Psa.|69:27|-|Add iniquity to their iniquity,And do not let them come into Your righteousness.
Psa.|69:28|-|May they be blotted out of the |a|book of life,And may they not be written with the righteous.
Psa.|69:29|-|But I am poor and pained;May Your salvation, O God, set me on high.
Psa.|69:30|-|I will praise the name of God with a songAnd will |a|magnify Him with thanksgiving;
Psa.|69:31|-|And it will be better to Jehovah than an oxOr a bull with horns and hooves.
Psa.|69:32|-|The meek have seen it; they rejoice.You who seek God, let your heart revive.
Psa.|69:33|-|For Jehovah listens to the needy,And He does not despise His prisoners.
Psa.|69:34|-||a|Let the heavens and the earth praise Him,The seas and everything that moves in them.
Psa.|69:35|-|For God will save |a|ZionAnd build the cities of Judah;
And they will abide there and possess it.
Psa.|69:36|-|And the seed of His servants will inherit it,And those who love His name will dwell in it.
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