| 69 | Psalms | ||
| Save Me O Lord. Psalm 69(v68) | |||
| 1 | Save me, O God; for the waters have risen up to my neck. | ← | |
| 2 | I sink in muddy depths and have no foothold; I am swept into deep water, and the flood carries me away. | ||
| 3 | I am wearied with crying out, my throat is sore, my eyes grow dim as I wait for God to help me. | ||
| 4 | Those who hate me without reason are more than the hairs of my head; they outnumber my hairs, those who accuse me falsely. How can I give back what I have not stolen? | ||
| 5 | O God, thou knowest how foolish I am, and my guilty deeds are not hidden from thee. | ||
| 6 | Let none of those who look to thee be shamed on my account, O Lord GOD of Hosts; let none who seek thee be humbled through my fault, O God of Israel. | ||
| 7 | For in thy service I have suffered reproach; I dare not show my face for shame. | ||
| 8 | I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother's sons; | ||
| 9 | bitter enemies of thy temple tear me in pieces ; those who reproach thee reproach me. | ||
| 10 | I have broken my spirit with fasting, only to lay myself open to many reproaches. | ||
| 11 | I have made sackcloth my clothing and have become a byword among them. | ||
| 12 | Those who sit by the town gate talk about me; drunkards sing songs about me in their cups. | ||
| 13 | But I lift up this prayer to thee, O LORD: accept me now in thy great love, answer me with thy sure deliverance, O God. | ||
| 14 | Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; let me be rescued from the muddy depths , | ||
| 15 | so that no flood may carry me away, no abyss swallow me up, no deep close over me. | ||
| 16 | Answer me, O LORD, in the goodness of thy unfailing love, turn towards me in thy great affection. | ||
| 17 | I am thy servant, do not hide thy face from me. Make haste to answer me, for I am in distress. | ||
| 18 | Come near to me and redeem me; ransom me, for I have many enemies. | ||
| 19 | Thou knowest what reproaches I bear, all my anguish is seen by thee. | ||
| 20 | Reproach has broken my heart, my shame and my dishonour are past hope; I looked for consolation and received none, for comfort and did not find any. | ||
| 21 | They put poison in my food and gave me vinegar when I was thirsty. | ||
| 22 | May their own table be a snare to them and their sacred feasts lure them to their ruin; | ||
| 23 | 'may their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, let a continual ague shake their loins. | ||
| 24 | Pour out thine indignation upon them and let thy burning anger overtake them. | ||
| 25 | May their settlements be desolate, and no one living in their tents; | ||
| 26 | for they pursue him whom thou hast struck down and multiply the torments of those whom thou hast wounded. | ||
| 27 | Give them the punishment their sin deserves ; exclude them from thy righteous mercy; | ||
| 28 | let them be blotted out from the book of life and not be enrolled among the righteous. | ||
| 29 | But by thy saving power, O God, lift me high above my pain and my distress, | ||
| 30 | then I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving; | ||
| 31 | that will please the LORD more than the offering of a bull, a young bull with horn and cloven hoof. | ||
| 32 | See and rejoice, you humble folk, take heart, you seekers after God; | ||
| 33 | for the LORD listens to the poor and does not despise those bound to his service. | ||
| 34 | Let sky and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them, | ||
| 35 | (35-36) for God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. His servants' children shall inherit them; they shall dwell there in their own possession and all who love his name shall live in them. | ||
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