KJ3 Literal Translation
Psalms 69
David prays for relief from his affliction; he shadows forth the Messiah, and His treatment. To the chief musician. Concerning the Lilies. Of David.
1To the chief musician. Concerning the Lilies. Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters have come in to my soul.
2I sink in deep mire, and there is no standing; I have come into deep waters where the floods overflow me.
3I am weary from my crying, my throat is burnt; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4Those hating me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; they willing to put an end to me are mighty, my lying enemies; then I bring back what I did not take away.
5O God, You know my foolishness, and my guiltiness is not hidden from You.
6O Jehovah of Hosts, do not let those waiting on You be ashamed for my sake; let not the ones seeking You be put to shame for my sake, O God of Israel.
7Because I have borne reproach for Your sake, shame has covered my face.
8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons.
9For the zeal of Your house has consumed Me; and the reproaches of the ones who reproach You have fallen on Me.
10And I wept in the fasting of my soul, it also was to my reproach;
11I also made sackcloth my clothing, and I became a parable to them.
12They who sit in the gate meditated on me; and I was the song of drinkers of fermented liquor.
13But as for Me, My prayer is to You, O Jehovah, at a time of favor, O God! in the plenitude of Your mercy answer Me, in the truth of Your salvation.
14Deliver Me out of the clay, that I may not sink; let Me be delivered from those hating Me, and out of the deep waters.
15Let not the flood waters overflow Me, nor let the deep swallow Me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth on Me.
16Hear Me, O Jehovah, for Your mercy is good; in the multitude of Your tender mercies, turn toward Me.
17And do not hide Your face from Your servant; for it is distressing to Me; answer Me quickly;
18draw near My soul; redeem it; ransom Me because of My enemies.
19You have known My reproach, and My shame, and My dishonor; all vexing Me are all before You.
20Reproach has broken My heart, and I am sick; and I waited for one to show pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21They also gave Me gall in My food; and in My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink.
22Let their table be a trap before them, and to those at peace a snare.
23Let their eyes be darkened from seeing, and cause their loins to quiver continually.
24Pour out Your wrath on them; and let the glow of Your anger overtake them.
25Let their home be made desolate; let no one dwell in their tents.
26For whom You have stricken, they have persecuted; and they recount to the pain of those You pierced.
27Put iniquity to their iniquity, and do not let them enter into Your righteousness.
28Blot them out from the Book of Life; yea, let them not be written with the righteous ones.
29But I am afflicted and in pain; O God, Your deliverance shall set me on high.
30I will praise God's name in a song; and I will magnify Him with thanks.
31And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, or a horned or hoofed bull.
32The poor ones have seen and are glad; you seeking God, and your heart shall live.
33For Jehovah hears the needy ones, and He does not despise His prisoners.
34Let the heavens and the earth praise Him, the seas, and everything that moves in them.
35For God will save Zion; and He will build the cities of Judah, and they shall live there and possess it.
36And His servants' seed shall inherit; and they who love His name shall live in it.
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