Psalms 69
69
(By David for the music leader. To the tune “Lilies.”)
God Can Be Trusted
1Save me, God!
I am about to drown.
2I am sinking deep in the mud,
and my feet are slipping.
I am about to be swept under
by a mighty flood.
3I am worn out from crying,
and my throat is dry.
I have waited for you
till my eyes are blurred.
4 #
Ps 35.19; Jn 15.25. There are more people
who hate me for no reason
than there are hairs
on my head.
Many terrible enemies
want to destroy me, God.
Am I supposed to give back
something I didn't steal?
5You know my foolish sins.
Not one is hidden from you.
6 Lord God All-Powerful,
ruler of Israel,
don't let me embarrass anyone
who trusts and worships you.
7It is for your sake alone
that I am insulted
and blush with shame.
8I am like a stranger
to my relatives
and like a foreigner
to my own family.
9 #
Jn 2.17;
Ro 15.3. My love for your house
burns in me like a fire,
and when others insult you,
they insulted me as well.
10I cried and went without food,#69.10 went without food: See the note at 35.13.
but they still insulted me.
11They sneered at me
for wearing sackcloth#69.11 sackcloth: See the note at 30.11.
to show my sorrow.
12Rulers and judges gossip
about me,
and drunkards make up songs
to mock me.
13But I pray to you, Lord.
So when the time is right,
answer me and help me
with your wonderful love.
14Don't let me sink in the mud,
but save me from my enemies
and from the deep water.
15Don't let me be
swept away by a flood
or drowned in the ocean
or swallowed by death.
16Answer me, Lord!
You are kind and good.
Pay attention to me!
You are truly merciful.
17Don't turn away from me.
I am your servant,
and I am in trouble.
Please hurry and help!
18Come and save me
from my enemies.
19You know how I am insulted,
mocked, and disgraced;
you know every one
of my enemies.
20I am crushed by insults,
and I feel sick.
I had hoped for mercy and pity,
but there was none.
21 #
Mt 27.48; Mk 15.36; Lk 23.36; Jn 19.28,29. Enemies poisoned my food,
and when I was thirsty,
they gave me vinegar.
22 #
Ro 11.9,10. Make their table a trap
for them and their friends.
23Blind them with darkness
and make them tremble.
24Show them how angry you are!
Be furious and catch them.
25 #
Ac 1.20. Destroy their camp
and don't let anyone live
in their tents.
26They cause trouble for people
you have already punished;
their gossip hurts those
you have wounded.
27Make them guiltier than ever
and don't forgive them.
28 #
Ex 32.32; Rev 3.5; 13.8; 17.8. Wipe their names from the book
of the living;
remove them from the list
of the innocent.
29I am mistreated and in pain.
Protect me, God,
and keep me safe!
30I will praise the Lord God
with a song
and a thankful heart.
31This will please the Lord
better than offering an ox
or a full-grown bull.
32When those in need see this,
they will be happy,
and the Lord's worshipers
will be encouraged.
33The Lord will listen
when the homeless cry out,
and he will never forget
his people in prison.
34Heaven and earth
will praise our God,
and so will the oceans
and everything in them.
35God will rescue Jerusalem,
and he will rebuild
the towns of Judah.
His people will live there
on their own land,
36and when the time comes,
their children will inherit
the land.
Then everyone who loves God
will also settle there.
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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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