Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Living Translation NLT
1 (68-1) <Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David.> (68-2) Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
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Save me, O God, for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
2 (68-3) I stick fast in the mire of the deep and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
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Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire; I can’t find a foothold. I am in deep water, and the floods overwhelm me.
3 (68-4) I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse, my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
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I am exhausted from crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen with weeping, waiting for my God to help me.
4 (68-5) They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.
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Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs on my head. Many enemies try to destroy me with lies, demanding that I give back what I didn’t steal.
5 (68-6) O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:
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O God, you know how foolish I am; my sins cannot be hidden from you.
6 (68-7) Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.
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Don’t let those who trust in you be ashamed because of me, O Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies. Don’t let me cause them to be humiliated, O God of Israel.
7 (68-8) Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
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For I endure insults for your sake; humiliation is written all over my face.
8 (68-9) I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.
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Even my own brothers pretend they don’t know me; they treat me like a stranger.
9 (68-10) For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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Passion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
10 (68-11) And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.
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When I weep and fast, they scoff at me.
11 (68-12) And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.
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When I dress in burlap to show sorrow, they make fun of me.
12 (68-13) They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.
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I am the favorite topic of town gossip, and all the drunks sing about me.
13 (68-14) But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
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But I keep praying to you, LORD, hoping this time you will show me favor. In your unfailing love, O God, answer my prayer with your sure salvation.
14 (68-15) Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
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Rescue me from the mud; don’t let me sink any deeper! Save me from those who hate me, and pull me from these deep waters.
15 (68-16) Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep water swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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Don’t let the floods overwhelm me, or the deep waters swallow me, or the pit of death devour me.
16 (68-17) Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
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Answer my prayers, O LORD, for your unfailing love is wonderful. Take care of me, for your mercy is so plentiful.
17 (68-18) And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
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Don’t hide from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in deep trouble!
18 (68-19) Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.
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Come and redeem me; free me from my enemies.
19 (68-20) Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.
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You know of my shame, scorn, and disgrace. You see all that my enemies are doing.
20 (68-21) In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.
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Their insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. If only one person would show some pity; if only one would turn and comfort me.
21 (68-22) And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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But instead, they give me poison for food; they offer me sour wine for my thirst.
22 (68-23) Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.
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Let the bountiful table set before them become a snare and their prosperity become a trap.
23 (68-24) Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.
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Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see, and make their bodies shake continually.
24 (68-25) Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
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Pour out your fury on them; consume them with your burning anger.
25 (68-26) Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.
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Let their homes become desolate and their tents be deserted.
26 (68-27) Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
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To the one you have punished, they add insult to injury; they add to the pain of those you have hurt.
27 (68-28) Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.
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Pile their sins up high, and don’t let them go free.
28 (68-29) Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.
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Erase their names from the Book of Life; don’t let them be counted among the righteous.
29 (68-30) But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.
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I am suffering and in pain. Rescue me, O God, by your saving power.
30 (68-31) I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.
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Then I will praise God’s name with singing, and I will honor him with thanksgiving.
31 (68-32) And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.
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For this will please the LORD more than sacrificing cattle, more than presenting a bull with its horns and hooves.
32 (68-33) Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.
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The humble will see their God at work and be glad. Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged.
33 (68-34) For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.
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For the LORD hears the cries of the needy; he does not despise his imprisoned people.
34 (68-35) Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.
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Praise him, O heaven and earth, the seas and all that move in them.
35 (68-36) For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.
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For God will save Jerusalem and rebuild the towns of Judah. His people will live there and settle in their own land.
36 (68-37) And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
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The descendants of those who obey him will inherit the land, and those who love him will live there in safety.