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Psalms 69

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Save me, O God! The water is already up to my neck!

2 I am sinking in deep mud. There is nothing to stand on. I am in deep water. A flood is sweeping me away.

3 I am exhausted from crying for help. My throat is hoarse. My eyes are strained [from] looking for my God.

4 Those who hate me for no reason outnumber the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me are mighty. They have no reason to be my enemies. I am forced to pay back what I did not steal.

5 O God, you know my stupidity, and the things of which I am guilty are not hidden from you.

6 Do not let those who wait with hope for you be put to shame because of me, O Almighty LORD of Armies. Do not let those who come to you for help be humiliated because of me, O God of Israel.

7 Indeed, for your sake I have endured insults. Humiliation has covered my face.

8 I have become a stranger to my [own] brothers, a foreigner to my mother's sons.

9 Indeed, devotion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

10 I cried and fasted, but I was insulted for it.

11 I dressed myself in sackcloth, but I became the object of ridicule.

12 Those who sit at the gate gossip about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.

13 May my prayer come to you at an acceptable time, O LORD. O God, out of the greatness of your mercy, answer me with the truth of your salvation.

14 Rescue me from the mud. Do not let me sink [into it]. I want to be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep water.

15 Do not let floodwaters sweep me away. Do not let the ocean swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.

16 Answer me, O LORD, because your mercy is good. Out of your unlimited compassion, turn to me.

17 I am in trouble, so do not hide your face from me. Answer me quickly!

18 Come close, and defend my soul. Set me free because of my enemies.

19 You know that I have been insulted, put to shame, and humiliated. All my opponents are in front of you.

20 Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none. I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one.

21 They poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Let the table set for them become a trap and a snare for their friends.

23 Let their vision become clouded so that they cannot see. Let their thighs continually shake.

24 Pour your rage on them. Let your burning anger catch up with them.

25 Let their camp be deserted and their tents empty.

26 They persecute the one you have struck, and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.

27 Charge them with one crime after another. Do not let them be found innocent.

28 Let their [names] be erased from the Book of Life. Do not let them be listed with righteous people.

29 I am suffering and in pain. Let your saving power protect me, O God.

30 I want to praise the name of God with a song. I want to praise its greatness with a song of thanksgiving.

31 This will please the LORD more than [sacrificing] an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.

32 Oppressed people will see [this] and rejoice. May the hearts of those who look to God for help be refreshed.

33 The LORD listens to needy people. He does not despise his own who are in prison.

34 Let heaven and earth, the seas, and everything that moves in them, praise him.

35 When God saves Zion, he will rebuild the cities of Judah. His servants will live there and take possession of it.

36 The descendants of his servants will inherit it. Those who love him will live there.

New International Version NIV

1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.

2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.

3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

4 Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

5 You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.

6 Lord, the LORD Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.

7 For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.

8 I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children;

9 for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;

11 when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.

12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

13 But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.

14 Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.

15 Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.

16 Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.

17 Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.

18 Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes.

19 You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.

20 Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.

21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

22 May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.

23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

24 Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.

25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.

27 Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.

28 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.

29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain— may your salvation, God, protect me.

30 I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

31 This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves.

32 The poor will see and be glad— you who seek God, may your hearts live!

33 The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,

35 for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;

36 the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.