Psalm 69-70 New American Standard Bible

A Cry of Distress and a Curse on Adversaries.

For the music director; according to ^[a]Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.

69 Save me, God,
For the ^(A)waters have ^[b]threatened my life.
²I have sunk in deep ^(B)mud, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a ^[c]^(C)flood overflows me.
³I am ^(D)weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My ^(E)eyes fail while I wait for my God.
⁴Those ^(F)who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would ^[d]destroy me ^(G)are powerful, those who oppose me with lies;
^(H)What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

⁵God, You know ^(I)my foolishness,
And ^(J)my guilt is not hidden from You.
⁶May those who wait for You not ^(K)be ashamed because of me, Lord ^[e]God of armies;
May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel,
⁷Because ^(L)for Your sake I have endured disgrace;
^(M)Dishonor has covered my face.
⁸I have become ^(N)estranged ^[f]from my brothers,
And a stranger to my mother’s sons.
⁹For ^(O)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And ^(P)the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.
¹⁰When I wept ^(Q)in my soul with fasting,
It became my ^(R)disgrace.
¹¹When I made ^(S)sackcloth my clothing,
I became ^(T)a proverb to them.
¹²Those who ^(U)sit in the gate talk about me,
And ^(V)songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, ^(W)at an acceptable time;
God, in the ^(X)greatness of Your mercy,
Answer me with ^[g]Your saving truth.
¹⁴Rescue me from the ^(Y)mud and do not let me sink;
May I be ^(Z)rescued from those who hate me, and from the ^(AA)depths of water.
¹⁵May the ^[h]^(AB)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the ^(AC)pit close its mouth on me.

¹⁶Answer me, Lord, for ^(AD)Your mercy is good;
^(AE)According to the greatness of Your compassion, ^(AF)turn to me,
¹⁷And ^(AG)do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am ^(AH)in distress; answer me quickly.
¹⁸Come near to my soul and ^(AI)redeem it;
^(AJ)Ransom me because of my enemies!
¹⁹You know my ^(AK)disgrace, my shame, and my dishonor;
All my enemies are ^[i]known to You.

²⁰Disgrace has ^(AL)broken my heart, and I am so sick.
And ^(AM)I waited for sympathy, but there was none;
And for ^(AN)comforters, but I found none.
²¹They also gave me ^[j]^(AO)a bitter herb in my food,
And for my thirst they ^(AP)gave me vinegar to drink.

²²May ^(AQ)their table before them become a snare;
And ^[k]^(AR)when they are at peace, may it become a trap.
²³May their ^(AS)eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their ^(AT)hips shake continually.
²⁴^(AU)Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
²⁵May their ^[l]^(AV)camp be desolated;
May there be none living in their tents.
²⁶For they have ^(AW)persecuted him whom ^(AX)You Yourself struck,
And they tell of the pain of those whom ^(AY)You have ^[m]wounded.
²⁷Add ^(AZ)guilt to their guilt,
And ^(BA)may they not come into ^(BB)Your righteousness.
²⁸May they be ^(BC)wiped out of the ^(BD)book of life,
And may they not be ^[n]^(BE)recorded with the righteous.

²⁹But I am ^(BF)afflicted and in pain;
^[o]May Your salvation, God, ^(BG)set me safely on high.
³⁰I will ^(BH)praise the name of God with song,
And ^(BI)exalt Him with ^(BJ)thanksgiving.
³¹And it will ^(BK)please the Lord better than an ox
Or bull with horns and hoofs.
³²The ^(BL)humble ^[p]have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, ^(BM)let your heart ^[q]revive.
³³For ^(BN)the Lord hears the needy,
And ^(BO)does not despise those of His who are prisoners.

³⁴^(BP)Heaven and earth shall praise Him,
The seas and ^(BQ)everything that moves in them.
³⁵For God will ^(BR)save Zion and ^(BS)build the cities of Judah,
So that they may live there and ^(BT)possess it.
³⁶The ^[r]^(BU)descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name ^(BV)will live in it.

Prayer for Help against Persecutors.

For the music director. A Psalm of David; for a memorial.

70 ^(BW)God, hurry to save me;
Lord, hurry to help me!
²^(BX)May those who seek my ^[s]life
Be put to shame and humiliated;
May those who delight ^[t]in my harm
Be turned back and dishonored.
³^(BY)May those who say, “Aha, aha!” be ^[u]turned back
Because of their shame.

⁴May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And may those who love Your salvation say continually,
“May God be exalted!”
⁵But ^(BZ)I am afflicted and needy;
^(CA)Hurry to me, God!
You are my help and my savior;
Lord, do not delay.