69:1  Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life.

69:2  I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

69:3  I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

69:4  Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

69:5  O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You.

69:6  May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

69:7  Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face.

69:8  I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother's sons.

69:9  For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

69:10  When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach.

69:11  When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

69:12  Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I {am} the song of the drunkards.

69:13  But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time; O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with Your saving truth.

69:14  Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.

69:15  May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.

69:16  Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,

69:17  And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

69:18  Oh draw near to my soul {and} redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies!

69:19  You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You.

69:20  Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none.

69:21  They also gave me gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

69:22  May their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, {may it become} a trap.

69:23  May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually.

69:24  Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them.

69:25  May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents.

69:26  For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.

69:27  Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness.

69:28  May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous.

69:29  But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, O God, set me {securely} on high.

69:30  I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

69:31  And it will please the LORD better than an ox {Or} a young bull with horns and hoofs.

69:32  The humble have seen {it and} are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive.

69:33  For the LORD hears the needy And does not despise His {who are} prisoners.

69:34  Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

69:35  For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it.

69:36  The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it.