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For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David.

[1] Save me, God,
for the waters have come up to my neck!
[2] I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold.
I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
[3] I am weary with my crying.
My throat is dry.
My eyes fail looking for my God.
[4] Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head.
Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty.
I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
[5] God, you know my foolishness.
My sins aren’t hidden from you.
[6] Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies.
Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
[7] Because for your sake, I have borne reproach.
Shame has covered my face.
[8] I have become a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother’s children.
[9] For the zeal of your house consumes me.
The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
[10] When I wept and I fasted,
that was to my reproach.
[11] When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
[12] Those who sit in the gate talk about me.
I am the song of the drunkards.
[13] But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time.
God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
[14] Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink.
Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
[15] Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me,
neither let the deep swallow me up.
Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
[16] Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
[17] Don’t hide your face from your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me speedily!
[18] Draw near to my soul and redeem it.
Ransom me because of my enemies.
[19] You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor.
My adversaries are all before you.
[20] Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness.
I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
for comforters, but I found none.
[21] They also gave me poison for my food.
In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
[22] Let their table before them become a snare.
May it become a retribution and a trap.
[23] Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see.
Let their backs be continually bent.
[24] Pour out your indignation on them.
Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
[25] Let their habitation be desolate.
Let no one dwell in their tents.
[26] For they persecute him whom you have wounded.
They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
[27] Charge them with crime upon crime.
Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
[28] Let them be blotted out of the book of life,
and not be written with the righteous.
[29] But I am in pain and distress.
Let your salvation, God, protect me.
[30] I will praise the name of God with a song,
and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
[31] It will please Yahweh better than an ox,
or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
[32] The humble have seen it, and are glad.
You who seek after God, let your heart live.
[33] For Yahweh hears the needy,
and doesn’t despise his captive people.
[34] Let heaven and earth praise him;
the seas, and everything that moves therein!
[35] For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah.
They shall settle there, and own it.
[36] The children also of his servants shall inherit it.
Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
King James Version

To the chief Musician H5329 (PielPtc) upon Shoshannim, H7799 A Psalm of David. H1732

[1] Save H3467 (HiphImpv) me, O God; H430
For the waters H4325 are come H935 (QalPerf) in unto my soul. H5315
[2] I sink H2883 (QalPerf) in deep H4688 mire, H3121§ where there is no standing: H4613
I am come H935 (QalPerf) into deep H4615 waters, H4325§ where the floods H7641 overflow H7857 (QalPerf) me.
[3] I am weary H3021 (QalPerf) of my crying: H7121 (QalInf) my throat H1627 is dried: H2787 (NiphPerf)
Mine eyes H5869 fail H3615 (QalPerf) while I wait H3176 (PielPtc) for my God. H430
[4] They that hate H8130 (QalActPtc) me without a cause H2600 are more H7231 (QalPerf) than the hairs H8185 of mine head: H7218
They that would destroy H6789 (HiphPtc) me, being mine enemies H341 (QalActPtc) wrongfully, H8267 are mighty: H6105 (QalPerf)
Then I restored H7725 (HiphImpf) that which I took not away. H1497 (QalPerf)
[5] O God, H430 thou knowest H3045 (QalPerf) my foolishness; H200 And my sins H819§ are not hid H3582 (NiphPerf) from thee.
[6] Let not them that wait H6960 (QalActPtc) on thee, O Lord H136 God H3069 of hosts, H6635 be ashamed H954 (QalImpf) for my sake:
Let not those that seek H1245 (PielPtc) thee be confounded H3637 (NiphImpf) for my sake, O God H430 of Israel. H3478
[7] Because for thy sake I have borne H5375 (QalPerf) reproach; H2781
Shame H3639 hath covered H3680 (PielPerf) my face. H6440
[8] I am become a stranger H2114 (HophPtc) unto my brethren, H251
And an alien H5237 unto my mother’s H517 children. H1121
[9] For the zeal H7068 of thine house H1004 hath eaten me up; H398 (QalPerf)
And the reproaches H2781 of them that reproached H2778 (QalActPtc) thee are fallen H5307 (QalPerf) upon me.
[10] When I wept, H1058 (QalImpf) and chastened my soul H5315 with fasting, H6685
That was to my reproach. H2781
[11] I made H5414 (QalImpf) sackcloth H8242 also my garment; H3830
And I became a proverb H4912 to them.
[12] They that sit in H3427 (QalActPtc) the gate H8179 speak H7878 (QalImpf) against me;
And I was the song H5058 of the drunkards. H8354 (QalActPtc)§ [13] But as for me, my prayer H8605
Is unto thee, O Lord, H3068 in an acceptable H7522 time: H6256
O God, H430 in the multitude H7230 of thy mercy H2617
Hear H6030 (QalImpv) me, in the truth H571 of thy salvation. H3468
[14] Deliver H5337 (HiphImpv) me out of the mire, H2916 and let me not sink: H2883 (QalImpf)
Let me be delivered H5337 (NiphImpf) from them that hate H8130 (QalActPtc) me, and out of the deep H4615 waters. H4325
[15] Let not the waterflood H4325 overflow H7857 (QalImpf) me, neither let the deep H4688 swallow me up, H1104 (QalImpf)
And let not the pit H875 shut H332 (QalImpf) her mouth H6310 upon me.
[16] Hear H6030 (QalImpv) me, O Lord; H3068 for thy lovingkindness H2617 is good: H2896
Turn H6437 (QalImpv) unto me according to the multitude H7230 of thy tender mercies. H7356
[17] And hide H5641 (HiphImpf) not thy face H6440 from thy servant; H5650 For I am in trouble: H6887 (QalPerf)
Hear H6030 (QalImpv) me speedily. H4118§
[18] Draw nigh H7126 (QalImpv) unto my soul, H5315 and redeem H1350 (QalImpv) it:
Deliver H6299 (QalImpv) me because of mine enemies. H341 (QalActPtc)
[19] Thou hast known H3045 (QalPerf) my reproach, H2781 and my shame, H1322 and my dishonour: H3639
Mine adversaries H6887 (QalActPtc) are all before thee.
[20] Reproach H2781 hath broken H7665 (QalPerf) my heart; H3820 and I am full of heaviness: H5136 (QalImpf)
And I looked H6960 (PielImpf) for some to take pity,§ H5110 (QalInf) but there was none; And for comforters, H5162 (PielPtc) but I found H4672 (QalPerf) none.
[21] They gave H5414 (QalImpf) me also gall H7219 for my meat; H1267
And in my thirst H6772 they gave me vinegar H2558 to drink. H8248 (HiphImpf)
[22] Let their table H7979 become a snare H6341 before H6440 them:
And that which should have been for their welfare, H7965
let it become a trap. H4170
[23] Let their eyes H5869 be darkened, H2821 (QalImpf) that they see H7200 (QalInf) not;
And make their loins H4975 continually H8548 to shake. H4571 (HiphImpv)
[24] Pour out H8210 (QalImpv) thine indignation H2195 upon them,
And let thy wrathful H2740 anger H639 take hold H5381 (HiphImpf) of them.
[25] Let their habitation H2918§ be desolate; H8074 (NiphPtc)
And let none dwell§ H3427 (QalActPtc) in their tents. H168
[26] For they persecute H7291 (QalPerf) him whom thou hast smitten; H5221 (HiphPerf)
And they talk H5608 (PielImpf) to the grief H4341 of those whom thou hast wounded. H2491§
[27] Add H5414 (QalImpv) iniquity H5771 unto their iniquity: H5771§
And let them not come H935 (QalImpf) into thy righteousness. H6666
[28] Let them be blotted H4229 (NiphImpf) out of the book H5612 of the living, H2416
And not be written H3789 (NiphImpf) with the righteous. H6662
[29] But I am poor H6041 and sorrowful: H3510 (QalActPtc)
Let thy salvation, H3444 O God, H430 set me up on high. H7682 (PielImpf)
[30] I will praise H1984 (PielImpf) the name H8034 of God H430 with a song, H7892
And will magnify H1431 (PielImpf) him with thanksgiving. H8426
[31] This also shall please H3190 the Lord H3068
Better H3190 (QalImpf) than an ox H7794 or bullock H6499 that hath horns H7160 (HiphPtc) and hoofs. H6536 (HiphPtc)
[32] The humble H6035§ shall see H7200 (QalPerf) this, and be glad: H8055 (QalImpf)
And your heart H3824 shall live H2421 (QalImpf) that seek H1875 (QalActPtc) God. H430
[33] For the Lord H3068 heareth H8085 (QalActPtc) the poor, H34
And despiseth H959 (QalPerf) not his prisoners. H615
[34] Let the heaven H8064 and earth H776 praise H1984 (PielImpf) him,
The seas, H3220 and every thing that moveth H7430 (QalActPtc)§ therein.
[35] For God H430 will save H3467 (HiphImpf) Zion, H6726 and will build H1129 (QalImpf) the cities H5892 of Judah: H3063
That they may dwell H3427 (QalPerf) there, and have it in possession. H3423 (QalPerf)
[36] The seed H2233 also of his servants H5650 shall inherit H5157 (QalImpf) it:
And they that love H157 (QalActPtc) his name H8034 shall dwell H7931 (QalImpf) therein.

Footnotes

  1. § 69:2a Heb. the mire of depth
  2. § 69:2b Heb. depth of waters
  3. § 69:5 Heb. guiltiness
  4. § 69:12 Heb. drinkers of strong drink
  5. § 69:17 Heb. make haste to hear me
  6. § 69:20 Heb. to lament with me
  7. § 69:25a Heb. their palace
  8. § 69:25b Heb. let there not be a dweller
  9. § 69:26 Heb. thy wounded
  10. § 69:27 Or, punishment of iniquity
  11. § 69:32 Or, meek
  12. § 69:34 Heb. creepeth
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