Psalms 69
69
A Cry for Help
For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” A psalm of David.
1God, save me,
because the water has risen to my neck.
2I’m sinking down into the mud,
and there is nothing to stand on.
I am in deep water,
and the flood covers me.
3I am tired from calling for help;
my throat is sore.
My eyes are tired from waiting
for God to help me.
4There are more people who hate me for no reason than hairs on my head;
powerful enemies want to destroy me for no reason.
They make me pay back
what I did not steal.
5God, you know what I have done wrong;
I cannot hide my guilt from you.
6Lord God All-Powerful,
do not let those who hope in you be ashamed because of me.
God of Israel,
do not let your worshipers be disgraced because of me.
7For you, I carry this shame,
and my face is covered with disgrace.
8I am like a stranger to my closest relatives
and a foreigner to my mother’s children.
9My strong love for your Temple completely controls me.
When people insult you, it hurts me.
10When I cry and fast,
they make fun of me.
11When I wear clothes of sadness,
they joke about me.
12They make fun of me in public places,
and the drunkards make up songs about me.
13But I pray to you, Lord, for favor.
God, because of your great love, answer me.
You are truly able to save.
14Pull me from the mud,
and do not let me sink.
Save me from those who hate me
and from the deep water.
15Do not let the flood drown me
or the deep water swallow me
or the grave close its mouth over me.
16Lord, answer me because your love is so good.
Because of your great kindness, turn to me.
17Do not hide from me, your servant.
I am in trouble. Hurry to help me!
18Come near and save me;
rescue me from my enemies.
19You see my shame and disgrace.
You know all my enemies and what they have said.
20Insults have broken my heart
and left me weak.
I looked for sympathy, but there was none;
I found no one to comfort me.
21They put poison in my food
and gave me vinegar to drink.
22Let their own feasts cause their ruin;
let their feasts trap them and pay them back.
23Let their eyes be closed so they cannot see
and their backs be forever weak from troubles.
24Pour your anger out on them;
let your anger catch up with them.
25May their place be empty;
leave no one to live in their tents.
26They chase after those you have hurt,
and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.
27Charge them with crime after crime,
and do not let them have anything good.
28Wipe their names from the book of life,
and do not list them with those who do what is right.
29I am sad and hurting.
God, save me and protect me.
30I will praise God in a song
and will honor him by giving thanks.
31That will please the Lord more than offering him cattle,
more than sacrificing a bull with horns and hoofs.
32Poor people will see this and be glad.
Be encouraged, you who worship God.
33The Lord listens to those in need
and does not look down on captives.
34Heaven and earth should praise him,
the seas and everything in them.
35God will save Jerusalem
and rebuild the cities of Judah.
Then people will live there and own the land.
36The descendants of his servants will inherit that land,
and those who love him will live there.
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The Holy Bible, New Century Version, Copyright © 2005 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Psalms 69
69
For the Music Director. To the melody of “Lilies.” A Psalm of David.
1Save me, O God!
For the waters have come up to my throat.
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 I sink in deep mire;
there is no standing place;
I have come into the watery depths,
and a stream overflows me.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 I am weary of my crying;
my throat is parched;
my eyes fail
while I wait for my God.
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 Those who hate me without cause
are more than the hairs of my head;
they are mighty
who would destroy me, being my wrongful enemies,
so that I must pay back
what I did not steal.
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 O God, You know my folly,
and my sins are not hidden from You.
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 May those who wait on You,
O Lord God of Hosts,
not be ashamed because of me;
may those who seek You
not be humiliated because of me,
O God of Israel.
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 Because for Your sake I have endured insult;
humiliation has covered my face.
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 I have become estranged to my relatives,
and a foreigner to my mother’s children;
9#Ps 38:6; 18:2 for the zeal of Your house has consumedme,
and the insults of those who insulted You fell on me.
10#Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 When I wept with fasting for my soul,
it became an insult to me.
11#Ps 42:5; 43:5 I also made sackcloth my garment,
and I became a byword to them.
12Those who sit in the gate speak against me,
and I am the song of the drunkards.
13But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord;
in an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of Your mercy,
answer me in the truth of Your salvation.
14Deliver me out of the mire
that I may not sink;
may I be delivered from those who hateme,
and out of the watery depths.
15May the stream not overflow me;
neither may the deep swallow me up,
nor the pit close its mouth on me.
16Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
turn Your face to me according to the abundance of Your tender mercies.
17Do not hide Your face from Your servant,
for I am in trouble; answer me quickly.
18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
deliver me because of my enemies.
19You have known how I am insulted, and my shame and my dishonor;
my adversaries are all before You.
20Insults have broken my heart,
and I am sick;
and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
and for comforters, but I found none.
21They also gave me poison for my food,
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22May their table become a snare before them,
and may security become a trap.
23May their eyes be darkened so they do not see,
and make their sides shake continually.
24Pour out Your indignation on them,
and may Your wrathful anger overtake them.
25May their habitation be desolate,
and may no one dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute him whom You have struck down,
and they recount the pain of those You have wounded.
27Add punishment to their iniquity,
and do not let them come into Your righteousness.
28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
and not be written along with the righteous.
29But I am poor and in pain;
may Your salvation, O God, set me secure on high.
30I will praise the name of God with a song,
and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
31This also will please the Lord
more than an ox or bull with horns and hoofs.
32The humble will see this and be glad;
and you who seek God, may your heart live.
33For the Lord hears the poor,
and does not despise His prisoners.
34Let heaven and earth praise Him,
the seas and everything that moves in them.
35For God will save Zion,
and will build the cities of Judah;
that they may dwell there, and take possession of it.
36The descendants of His servants will inherit it;
and those who love His name will dwell in it.
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