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Psalms 69

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¹ For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” ⓔ Of David. [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 water, 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 Armies; 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 water. ⓕ

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 abundant compassion, turn to me. ⓗ

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

¹⁸ Come 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 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 hips continually quake. ⓐ

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 Charge them with crime on top of crime; 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 the LORD 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 [1] 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. ⓝ

#	CSB
1	For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” ⓔ Of David. [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 water, 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 Armies; 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 water. ⓕ
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 abundant compassion, turn to me. ⓗ
17	Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! ⓘ
18	Come 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 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 hips continually quake. ⓐ
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	Charge them with crime on top of crime; 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 the LORD 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 [1] 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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