69
A Cry of Distress and Imprecation on Adversaries.
For the choir director; according to
AShoshannim.
A Psalm of David.
1 Save me, O God,
For the
Awaters have
1threatened my life.
2 I have sunk in deep
Amire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a
1Bflood overflows me.
3 I am
Aweary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My
Beyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 Those
Awho hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would
1destroy me
Bare powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
CWhat I did not steal, I then have to restore.
5 O God, it is You who knows
Amy folly,
And
Bmy wrongs are not hidden from You.
6 May those who wait for You not
Abe ashamed through me, O Lord
1Goᴅ of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,
7 Because
Afor Your sake I have borne reproach;
BDishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become
Aestranged
1from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.
9 For
Azeal for Your house has consumed me,
And
Bthe reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
10 When I wept
Ain my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.
11 When I made
Asackcloth my clothing,
I became
Ba byword to them.
12 Those who
Asit in the gate talk about me,
And I
am the
1Bsong of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Loʀᴅ,
Aat an acceptable time;
O God, in the
Bgreatness of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with
1Your saving truth.
14 Deliver me from the
Amire and do not let me sink;
May I be
Bdelivered from
1my foes and from the
2Adeep waters.
15 May the
1Aflood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the
Bpit shut its mouth on me.
16 Answer me, O Loʀᴅ, for
AYour lovingkindness is good;
BAccording to the greatness of Your compassion,
Cturn to me,
17 And
Ado not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am
Bin distress; answer me quickly.
18 Oh draw near to my soul
and Aredeem it;
BRansom me because of my enemies!
19 You know my
Areproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are
1before You.
20 Reproach has
Abroken my heart and I am so sick.
And
BI looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for
Ccomforters, but I found none.
21 They also gave me
1Agall
2for my food
And for my thirst they
Bgave me vinegar to drink.
22 May
Atheir table before them become a snare;
And
1Bwhen they are in peace,
may it become a trap.
23 May their
Aeyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their
Bloins shake continually.
24 APour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
25 May their
1Acamp be desolate;
May none dwell in their tents.
26 For they have
Apersecuted him whom
BYou Yourself have smitten,
And they tell of the pain of those whom
CYou have
1wounded.
27 Add
Ainiquity to their iniquity,
And
Bmay they not come into
CYour righteousness.
28 May they be
Ablotted out of the
Bbook of life
And may they not be
1Crecorded with the righteous.
29 But I am
Aafflicted and in pain;
1May Your salvation, O God,
Bset me
securely on high.
30 I will
Apraise the name of God with song
And
Bmagnify Him with
Cthanksgiving.
31 And it will
Aplease the Loʀᴅ better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.
32 The
Ahumble
1have seen
it and are glad;
You who seek God,
Blet your heart
2revive.
33 For
Athe Loʀᴅ hears the needy
And
Bdoes not despise His
who are prisoners.
34 Let
Aheaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and
Beverything that moves in them.
35 For God will
Asave Zion and
Bbuild the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and
Cpossess it.
36 The
1Adescendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name
Bwill dwell in it.