Psalm 69

New International Version

Psalm 69^[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

¹Save me, O God,
    for the waters^(A) have come up to my neck.^(B)
²I sink in the miry depths,^(C)
    where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
    the floods engulf me.
³I am worn out calling for help;^(D)
    my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,^(E)
    looking for my God.
⁴Those who hate me^(F) without reason^(G)
    outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,^(H)
    those who seek to destroy me.^(I)
I am forced to restore
    what I did not steal.

⁵You, God, know my folly;^(J)
my guilt is not hidden from you.^(K)

⁶Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    may those who hope in you
    not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
    may those who seek you
    not be put to shame because of me.
⁷For I endure scorn^(L) for your sake,^(M)
    and shame covers my face.^(N)
⁸I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;^(O)
⁹for zeal for your house consumes me,^(P)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.^(Q)
¹⁰When I weep and fast,^(R)
    I must endure scorn;
¹¹when I put on sackcloth,^(S)
    people make sport of me.
¹²Those who sit at the gate^(T) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.^(U)

¹³But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;^(V)
in your great love,^(W) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.
¹⁴Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.^(X)
¹⁵Do not let the floodwaters^(Y) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up^(Z)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.^(AA)

¹⁶Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;^(AB)
    in your great mercy turn to me.
¹⁷Do not hide your face^(AC) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,^(AD) for I am in trouble.^(AE)
¹⁸Come near and rescue me;
    deliver^(AF) me because of my foes.

¹⁹You know how I am scorned,^(AG) disgraced and shamed;
    all my enemies are before you.
²⁰Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,^(AH) but I found none.^(AI)
²¹They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar^(AJ) for my thirst.^(AK)

²²May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and^[b] a trap.^(AL)
²³May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.^(AM)
²⁴Pour out your wrath^(AN) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
²⁵May their place be deserted;^(AO)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.^(AP)
²⁶For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.^(AQ)
²⁷Charge them with crime upon crime;^(AR)
    do not let them share in your salvation.^(AS)
²⁸May they be blotted out of the book of life^(AT)
    and not be listed with the righteous.^(AU)

²⁹But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
may your salvation, God, protect me.^(AV)

³⁰I will praise God’s name in song^(AW)
    and glorify him^(AX) with thanksgiving.
³¹This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.^(AY)
³²The poor will see and be glad^(AZ)—
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!^(BA)
³³The Lord hears the needy^(BB)
    and does not despise his captive people.

³⁴Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,^(BC)
³⁵for God will save Zion^(BD)
    and rebuild the cities of Judah.^(BE)
Then people will settle there and possess it;
³⁶    the children of his servants will inherit it,^(BF)
    and those who love his name will dwell there.^(BG)

Footnotes

Psalm 69:1 In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.
Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become

1 Corinthians 5

New International Version

Dealing With a Case of Incest

5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.^(A) ²And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning^(B) and have put out of your fellowship^(C) the man who has been doing this? ³For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.^(D) As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus^(E) on the one who has been doing this. ⁴So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, ⁵hand this man over^(F) to Satan^(G) for the destruction of the flesh,^[a]^[b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.^(H)

⁶Your boasting is not good.^(I) Don’t you know that a little yeast^(J) leavens the whole batch of dough?^(K) ⁷Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.^(L) ⁸Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread^(M) of sincerity and truth.

⁹I wrote to you in my letter not to associate^(N) with sexually immoral people— ¹⁰not at all meaning the people of this world^(O) who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. ¹¹But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister^[c]^(P) but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater^(Q) or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.^(R)

¹²What business is it of mine to judge those outside^(S) the church? Are you not to judge those inside?^(T) ¹³God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”^[d]^(U)

Footnotes

1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body
1 Corinthians 5:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 8:11, 13.
1 Corinthians 5:13 Deut. 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7