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

Hosea 2:2-13

New International Version

Israel Punished and Restored

²“Rebuke your mother,^(A) rebuke her,
    for she is not my wife,
    and I am not her husband.
Let her remove the adulterous^(B) look from her face
    and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
³Otherwise I will strip^(C) her naked
    and make her as bare as on the day she was born;^(D)
I will make her like a desert,^(E)
    turn her into a parched land,
    and slay her with thirst.
⁴I will not show my love to her children,^(F)
    because they are the children of adultery.^(G)
⁵Their mother has been unfaithful
    and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,^(H)
    who give me my food and my water,
    my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’^(I)
⁶Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.^(J)
⁷She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.^(K)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband^(L) as at first,^(M)
    for then I was better off^(N) than now.’
⁸She has not acknowledged^(O) that I was the one
    who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,^(P)
who lavished on her the silver and gold^(Q)—
    which they used for Baal.^(R)

⁹“Therefore I will take away my grain^(S) when it ripens,
    and my new wine^(T) when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
    intended to cover her naked body.
¹⁰So now I will expose^(U) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;^(V)
    no one will take her out of my hands.^(W)
¹¹I will stop^(X) all her celebrations:^(Y)
    her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
    her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.^(Z)
¹²I will ruin her vines^(AA) and her fig trees,^(AB)
    which she said were her pay from her lovers;^(AC)
I will make them a thicket,^(AD)
    and wild animals will devour them.^(AE)
¹³I will punish her for the days
    she burned incense^(AF) to the Baals;^(AG)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,^(AH)
    and went after her lovers,^(AI)
    but me she forgot,^(AJ)”
declares the Lord.^(AK)