Psa 69 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster : according to Lilies . Of David . Save me, O God ! For the waters have come up to my neck .

1 Save me, O God!
For ^bthe waters have come up to my neck. ^{▼▼Or waters threaten my life}
2 I sink in deep ^dmire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood ^esweeps over me.
3 ^fI am weary with my crying out;
^gmy throat is parched.
^hMy eyes grow dim
with ⁱwaiting for my God.
4 ^jMore in number than the hairs of my head
are ^kthose who hate me ^lwithout cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
^mthose who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?
5 O God, you know my folly;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
6 Let not those who hope in you ⁿbe put to shame through me,
O Lord God of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
O God of Israel.
7 For it is ^ofor your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become ^pa stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother’s sons.
9 For ^qzeal for your house has consumed me,
and ^rthe reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 When I wept and humbled ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks and humbled} my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11 When I made ^tsackcloth my clothing,
I became ^ua byword to them.
12 I am the talk of those who ^vsit in the gate,
and the drunkards make ^wsongs about me.
13 But as for me, my ^xprayer is to you, O Lord.
At ^yan acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14 Deliver me
from sinking in ^zthe mire;
^aalet me be delivered from my enemies
and from ^abthe deep waters.
15 Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or ^acthe pit close ^adits mouth over me.
16 Answer me, O Lord, for your ^aesteadfast love is good;
according to your abundant ^afmercy, ^agturn to me.
17 ^ahHide not your face from your servant,
^aifor I am in distress; ^ajmake haste to answer me.
18 Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
19 You know my ^akreproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
20 ^alReproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in ^amdespair.
I ^anlooked for ^aopity, but there was none,
and for ^apcomforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me ^aqpoison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me ^arsour wine to drink.
22 ^asLet their own ^attable before them become a snare;
^auand when they are at peace, let it become a trap. ^{▼▼Hebrew; a slight revocalization yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome) a snare, and retribution and a trap}
23 ^awLet their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
^axand make their loins tremble continually.
24 Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25 ^ayMay their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
26 For they ^azpersecute him whom ^bayou have struck down,
and they recount the pain of ^bbthose you have wounded.
27 ^bcAdd to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you. ^{▼▼Hebrew may they not come into your righteousness}
28 Let them be ^beblotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be ^bfenrolled among the righteous.
29 But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, ^bgset me on high!
30 I will ^bhpraise the name of God with a song;
I will ^bimagnify him with ^bjthanksgiving.
31 This will ^bkplease the Lord more than an ox
or a bull ^blwith horns and hoofs.
32 When ^bmthe humble see it they will be glad;
you who seek God, ^bnlet your hearts revive.
33 For the Lord hears the needy
and ^bodoes not despise his own people who are prisoners.
34 Let ^bpheaven and earth praise him,
the seas and everything that moves in them.
35 For ^bqGod will save Zion
and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;
36 ^brthe offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

‏ Psalms 69

Save Me, O God

To the choirmaster: according to aLilies. Of David.

To the choirmaster: according to ^aLilies. Of David.