Psalm 69 — Legacy Standard Bible

Save Me, O God

For the choir director. According to ¹Shoshannim. Of David.

Save me, O God,For the ^awaters have ²threatened my life.²I have sunk in deep ^aclay, and there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters, and a ¹^,^bflood overflows me.³I am ^aweary with my calling out; my throat is parched;My ^beyes fail while I wait for my God.⁴Those ^awho hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;Those who would ¹destroy me ^bare powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;^cWhat I did not steal, I then have to restore.⁵O God, it is You who knows ^amy folly,And ¹^,^ball my guilt is not hidden from You.⁶May those who hope for You not ^abe ashamed through me, O Lord Yahweh of hosts;May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,⁷Because ^afor Your sake I have borne reproach;^bDishonor has covered my face.⁸I have become ^aestranged ¹from my brothersAnd a foreigner to my mother’s sons.⁹For ^azeal for Your house has consumed me,And ^bthe reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.¹⁰When I wept ^ain my soul with fasting,It became my reproach.¹¹When I made ^asackcloth my clothing,I became ^ba byword to them.¹²Those who ^adwell at the gate moan about me,And I am ^bthe drunkards’ songs.¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Yahweh, ^aat an acceptable time;O God, in the ^babundance of Your lovingkindness,Answer me with the truth of Your salvation.¹⁴Deliver me from the ^amire and do not let me sink;May I be ^bdelivered from ¹my foes and from the ²^,^cdeep waters.¹⁵May the ¹^,^aflood of water not overflow meNor the deep swallow me up,Nor the ^bpit shut its mouth on me.¹⁶Answer me, O Yahweh, for ^aYour lovingkindness is good;^bAccording to the abundance of Your compassion, ^cturn to me,¹⁷And ^ado not hide Your face from Your slave,For I am ^bin distress; answer me quickly.¹⁸Oh draw near to my soul and ^aredeem it;^bRansom me because of my enemies!¹⁹You know my ^areproach and my shame and my dishonor;All my adversaries are ¹before You.²⁰Reproach has ^abroken my heart and I am so sick.And ^bI hoped for sympathy, but there was none,And for ^ccomforters, but I found none.²¹They also gave me ¹^,^agall ²for my foodAnd for my thirst they ^bgave me vinegar to drink.²²May ^atheir table before them become a snare;And ¹^,^bwhen they are in peace, may it become a trap.²³May their ^aeyes darken so that they cannot see,And make their ^bloins quake continually.²⁴^aPour out Your indignation on them,And may Your burning anger overtake them.²⁵May their ¹^,^acamp be desolate;May none dwell in their tents.²⁶For they have ^apersecuted him whom ^bYou Yourself have struck down,And they recount the pain of those whom ^cYou have ¹wounded.²⁷Add ^ainiquity to their iniquity,And ^bmay they not come into ^cYour righteousness.²⁸May they be ^ablotted out of the ^bbook of lifeAnd may they not be ¹^,^crecorded with the righteous.²⁹But I am ^aafflicted and in pain;¹May Your salvation, O God, ^bset me securely on high.³⁰I will ^apraise the name of God with songAnd ^bmagnify Him with ^cthanksgiving.³¹And this will ^aplease Yahweh better than an oxOr a young bull with horns and hoofs.³²The ^ahumble ¹see it and are glad;You who seek God, ^blet your heart ²revive.³³For ^aYahweh hears the needyAnd ^bdoes not despise His who are prisoners.³⁴Let ^aheaven and earth praise Him,The seas and ^beverything that moves in them.³⁵For God will ^asave Zion and ^bbuild the cities of Judah,That they may dwell there and ^cpossess it.³⁶The ^aseed of His slaves will inherit it,And those who love His name ^bwill dwell in it.