Psalms 69
69
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Lilies.”
1Save me, O God,
for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
2Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire;
I can’t find a foothold.
I am in deep water,
and the floods overwhelm me.
3I am exhausted from crying for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes are swollen with weeping,
waiting for my God to help me.
4Those who hate me without cause
outnumber the hairs on my head.
Many enemies try to destroy me with lies,
demanding that I give back what I didn’t steal.
5O God, you know how foolish I am;
my sins cannot be hidden from you.
6Don’t let those who trust in you be ashamed because of me,
O Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Don’t let me cause them to be humiliated,
O God of Israel.
7For I endure insults for your sake;
humiliation is written all over my face.
8Even my own brothers pretend they don’t know me;
they treat me like a stranger.
9Passion for your house has consumed me,
and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
10When I weep and fast,
they scoff at me.
11When I dress in burlap to show sorrow,
they make fun of me.
12I am the favorite topic of town gossip,
and all the drunks sing about me.
13But I keep praying to you, Lord,
hoping this time you will show me favor.
In your unfailing love, O God,
answer my prayer with your sure salvation.
14Rescue me from the mud;
don’t let me sink any deeper!
Save me from those who hate me,
and pull me from these deep waters.
15Don’t let the floods overwhelm me,
or the deep waters swallow me,
or the pit of death devour me.
16Answer my prayers, O Lord,
for your unfailing love is wonderful.
Take care of me,
for your mercy is so plentiful.
17Don’t hide from your servant;
answer me quickly, for I am in deep trouble!
18Come and redeem me;
free me from my enemies.
19You know of my shame, scorn, and disgrace.
You see all that my enemies are doing.
20Their insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
If only one person would show some pity;
if only one would turn and comfort me.
21But instead, they give me poison#69:21 Or gall. for food;
they offer me sour wine for my thirst.
22Let the bountiful table set before them become a snare
and their prosperity become a trap.#69:22 Greek version reads Let their bountiful table set before them become a snare, / a trap that makes them think all is well. / Let their blessings cause them to stumble, / and let them get what they deserve. Compare Rom 11:9.
23Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see,
and make their bodies shake continually.#69:23 Greek version reads and let their backs be bent forever. Compare Rom 11:10.
24Pour out your fury on them;
consume them with your burning anger.
25Let their homes become desolate
and their tents be deserted.
26To the one you have punished, they add insult to injury;
they add to the pain of those you have hurt.
27Pile their sins up high,
and don’t let them go free.
28Erase their names from the Book of Life;
don’t let them be counted among the righteous.
29I am suffering and in pain.
Rescue me, O God, by your saving power.
30Then I will praise God’s name with singing,
and I will honor him with thanksgiving.
31For this will please the Lord more than sacrificing cattle,
more than presenting a bull with its horns and hooves.
32The humble will see their God at work and be glad.
Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged.
33For the Lord hears the cries of the needy;
he does not despise his imprisoned people.
34Praise him, O heaven and earth,
the seas and all that move in them.
35For God will save Jerusalem#69:35 Hebrew Zion.
and rebuild the towns of Judah.
His people will live there
and settle in their own land.
36The descendants of those who obey him will inherit the land,
and those who love him will live there in safety.
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Psalm 69
69
Save Me, O God
To the choirmaster: according to #Ps. 45, titleLilies. Of David.
1Save me, O God!
For #ver. 14, 15; See Ps. 32:6; 130:1; Job 22:11the waters have come up to my neck.#69:1 Or waters threaten my life
2I sink in deep #ver. 14; Ps. 40:2 mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood #Ps. 124:4sweeps over me.
3 #
Ps. 6:6 I am weary with my crying out;
# [Ps. 22:15] my throat is parched.
#
Ps. 119:82, 123; Deut. 28:32; Isa. 38:14 My eyes grow dim
with #See Ps. 31:24waiting for my God.
4 #
Ps. 40:12 More in number than the hairs of my head
are #Cited John 15:25 those who hate me #[Ps. 35:7; 59:3, 4; 109:3; 119:161] without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
#
Ps. 35:19; 38:19 those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?
5O God, you know my folly;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
6Let not those who hope in you #See Ps. 25:2be put to shame through me,
O Lord God of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
O God of Israel.
7For it is #Jer. 15:15; [Ps. 44:22]for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.
8I have become #[Ps. 31:11; 38:11; Job 19:13; John 1:11]a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother’s sons.
9For #Cited John 2:17; [Ps. 119:139]; See Ps. 132:1-5 zeal for your house has consumed me,
and #Cited Rom. 15:3; [Ps. 89:41, 50]the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10When I wept and humbled#69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11When I made #See Ps. 35:13 sackcloth my clothing,
I became #See Job 17:6a byword to them.
12I am the talk of those who #[Gen. 19:1; Esth. 2:19] sit in the gate,
and the drunkards make #See Job 30:9songs about me.
13But as for me, my #Ps. 109:4 prayer is to you, O Lord.
At #Isa. 49:8; 2 Cor. 6:2; [Ps. 32:6]an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14Deliver me
from sinking in #ver. 2 the mire;
#
Ps. 144:7 let me be delivered from my enemies
and from #ver. 1, 2the deep waters.
15Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or #Ps. 55:23 the pit close #Num. 16:33its mouth over me.
16Answer me, O Lord, for your #Ps. 63:3; 109:21 steadfast love is good;
according to your abundant #Ps. 106:45 mercy, #See Ps. 25:16turn to me.
17 # See Ps. 27:9 Hide not your face from your servant,
# See Ps. 18:6 for I am in distress; #Ps. 102:2; 143:7make haste to answer me.
18Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
19You know my #ver. 10, 11; [Heb. 12:2]; See Ps. 22:6reproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
20 # [See ver. 19 above] Reproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in #[Matt. 26:37] despair.
I #Ps. 142:4; [Isa. 63:5] looked for #Jer. 15:5 pity, but there was none,
and for #Job 16:2comforters, but I found none.
21They gave me #Deut. 29:18; Matt. 27:34 poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me #Matt. 27:48; Luke 23:36; John 19:29; [Mark 15:23]sour wine to drink.
22 # Cited Rom. 11:9, 10; See Ps. 35:4-8; 109:6-15 Let their own #Ps. 23:5 table before them become a snare;
# [1 Thess. 5:3] and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.#69:22 Hebrew; a slight revocalization yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome) a snare, and retribution and a trap
23 #
Isa. 6:10; [Matt. 13:14] Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
#
Dan. 5:6; Nah. 2:10 and make their loins tremble continually.
24Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25 # Cited Acts 1:20; [Matt. 23:38; Luke 13:35] May their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
26For they #[Zech. 1:15] persecute him whom #Isa. 53:4 you have struck down,
and they recount the pain of #[Job 19:21]those you have wounded.
27 #
Neh. 4:5
Add to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you.#69:27 Hebrew may they not come into your righteousness
28Let them be #Ex. 32:32; Rev. 3:5; [Phil. 4:3] blotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be #[Ezek. 13:9; Luke 10:20; Heb. 12:23]enrolled among the righteous.
29But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, #Ps. 20:1set me on high!
30I will #Ps. 28:7 praise the name of God with a song;
I will #See Ps. 34:3 magnify him with #See Ps. 50:14, 23thanksgiving.
31This will #Ps. 50:13 please the Lord more than an ox
or a bull #Lev. 11:3with horns and hoofs.
32When #Ps. 22:26; 34:2the humble see it they will be glad;
you who seek God, #Ps. 22:26; 34:2let your hearts revive.
33For the Lord hears the needy
and #[Ps. 68:6]does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
34Let #Ps. 96:11; 98:7; Isa. 44:23; 49:13; See Ps. 148:1-12heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and everything that moves in them.
35For #See Ps. 51:18; [Isa. 44:26]God will save Zion
and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;
36 #
Ps. 102:28; Isa. 65:9; [Ps. 37:29] the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
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