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Psalms 69

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ [1] Save me, God, for the water has risen to my neck. ⓐ

² I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me. ⓑ

³ I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. ⓒ

⁴ Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me, are powerful. ⓓ Though I did not steal, I must repay. ⓔ

⁵ God, You know my foolishness, and my guilty acts are not hidden from You. ⓕ

⁶ Do not let those who put their hope in You be disgraced because of me, Lord GOD of Hosts; do not let those who seek You be humiliated because of me, God of Israel. ⓖ

⁷ For I have endured insults because of You, and shame has covered my face. ⓗ

⁸ I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons ⓘ

⁹ because zeal for Your house has consumed me, ⓙ and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. ⓚ

¹⁰ I mourned and fasted, but it brought me insults. ⓛ

¹¹ I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.

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

¹³ But as for me, LORD, my prayer to You is for a time of favor. In Your abundant, faithful love, God, answer me with Your sure salvation. ⓝ

¹⁴ Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink. Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters. ⓞ

¹⁵ Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me or the deep swallow me up; don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me. ⓟ

¹⁶ Answer me, LORD, for Your faithful love is good; in keeping with Your great compassion, turn to me. ⓠ

¹⁷ Don’t hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! ⓡ

¹⁸ Draw near to me and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies. ⓢ

¹⁹ You know the insults I endure — my shame and disgrace. You are aware of all my adversaries. ⓣ

²⁰ Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I waited for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but found no one. ⓤ

²¹ Instead, they gave me gall [2] for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. ⓥ

²² Let their table set before them be a snare, and let it be a trap for their allies. ⓦ

²³ Let their eyes grow too dim to see, and let their loins continually shake. ⓧ

²⁴ Pour out Your rage on them, and let Your burning anger overtake them. ⓨ

²⁵ Make their fortification desolate; may no one live in their tents. ⓩ

²⁶ For they persecute the one You struck and talk about the pain of those You wounded. ⓐ

²⁷ Add guilt to their guilt; do not let them share in Your righteousness. ⓑ

²⁹ But as for me — poor and in pain — let Your salvation protect me, God. ⓓ

³⁰ I will praise God’s name with song and exalt Him with thanksgiving. ⓔ

³¹ That will please Yahweh more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. ⓕ

³² The humble will see it and rejoice. You who seek God, take heart! ⓖ

³³ For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His own who are prisoners. ⓗ

³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them, ⓘ

³⁵ for God will save Zion and build up [3] the cities of Judah. They will live there and possess it. ⓙ

³⁶ The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will live in it. ⓚ

#	HCSB
1	[1] Save me, God, for the water has risen to my neck. ⓐ
2	I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me. ⓑ
3	I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. ⓒ
4	Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me, are powerful. ⓓ Though I did not steal, I must repay. ⓔ
5	God, You know my foolishness, and my guilty acts are not hidden from You. ⓕ
6	Do not let those who put their hope in You be disgraced because of me, Lord GOD of Hosts; do not let those who seek You be humiliated because of me, God of Israel. ⓖ
7	For I have endured insults because of You, and shame has covered my face. ⓗ
8	I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons ⓘ
9	because zeal for Your house has consumed me, ⓙ and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. ⓚ
10	I mourned and fasted, but it brought me insults. ⓛ
11	I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.
12	Those who sit at the city gate talk about me, and drunkards make up songs about me. ⓜ
13	But as for me, LORD, my prayer to You is for a time of favor. In Your abundant, faithful love, God, answer me with Your sure salvation. ⓝ
14	Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink. Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters. ⓞ
15	Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me or the deep swallow me up; don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me. ⓟ
16	Answer me, LORD, for Your faithful love is good; in keeping with Your great compassion, turn to me. ⓠ
17	Don’t hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! ⓡ
18	Draw near to me and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies. ⓢ
19	You know the insults I endure — my shame and disgrace. You are aware of all my adversaries. ⓣ
20	Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I waited for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but found no one. ⓤ
21	Instead, they gave me gall [2] for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. ⓥ
22	Let their table set before them be a snare, and let it be a trap for their allies. ⓦ
23	Let their eyes grow too dim to see, and let their loins continually shake. ⓧ
24	Pour out Your rage on them, and let Your burning anger overtake them. ⓨ
25	Make their fortification desolate; may no one live in their tents. ⓩ
26	For they persecute the one You struck and talk about the pain of those You wounded. ⓐ
27	Add guilt to their guilt; do not let them share in Your righteousness. ⓑ
28	Let them be erased from the book of life and not be recorded with the righteous. ⓒ
29	But as for me — poor and in pain — let Your salvation protect me, God. ⓓ
30	I will praise God’s name with song and exalt Him with thanksgiving. ⓔ
31	That will please Yahweh more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. ⓕ
32	The humble will see it and rejoice. You who seek God, take heart! ⓖ
33	For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His own who are prisoners. ⓗ
34	Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them, ⓘ
35	for God will save Zion and build up [3] the cities of Judah. They will live there and possess it. ⓙ
36	The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will live in it. ⓚ

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^{Psalms 69:22 [132]} Or snare / and their fellowship become

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