69:1  To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.”A Psalm of David. Save me, O God!
For the waters have come up to my neck.

69:2  I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.

69:3  I am weary with my crying;
My throat is dry;
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;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.

69:5  O God, You know my foolishness;
And my sins are not hidden from You.

69:6  Let not those who wait for You, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

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

69:8  I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;

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

69:10  When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.

69:11  I also made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword to them.

69:12  Those who sit in the gate speak against me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.

69:13  But as for me, my prayer is to You,
O LORD, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

69:14  Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.

69:15  Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

69:16  Hear me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good;
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.

69:17  And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.

69:18  Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
Deliver me because of my enemies.

69:19  You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
My adversaries are all before You.

69:20  Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of heaviness;
I looked for someone to take pity, 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  Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.

69:23  Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;
And make their loins shake continually.

69:24  Pour out Your indignation upon them,
And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

69:25  Let their dwelling place be desolate;
Let no one live in their tents.

69:26  For they persecute the ones You have struck,
And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.

69:27  Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And let them not come into Your righteousness.

69:28  Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
And not be written with the righteous.

69:29  But I am poor and sorrowful;
Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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

69:31  This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bull,
Which has horns and hooves.

69:32  The humble shall see this and be glad;
And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.

69:33  For the LORD hears the poor,
And does not despise His 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  Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it,
And those who love His name shall dwell in it.