Psalm 69
English Standard Version
Save Me, O God
To the choirmaster: according to (A)Lilies. Of David.
69 Save me, O God!
For (B)the waters have come up to my neck.[a]
2 I sink in deep (C)mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood (D)sweeps over me.
3 (E)I am weary with my crying out;
(F)my throat is parched.
(G)My eyes grow dim
with (H)waiting for my God.
4 (I)More in number than the hairs of my head
are (J)those who hate me (K)without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
(L)those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?
5 O God, you know my folly;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
6 Let not those who hope in you (M)be put to shame through me,
O Lord God of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
O God of Israel.
7 For it is (N)for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become (O)a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother's sons.
9 For (P)zeal for your house has consumed me,
and (Q)the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 When I wept and humbled[b] my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11 When I made (R)sackcloth my clothing,
I became (S)a byword to them.
12 I am the talk of those who (T)sit in the gate,
and the drunkards make (U)songs about me.
13 But as for me, my (V)prayer is to you, O Lord.
At (W)an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14 Deliver me
from sinking in (X)the mire;
(Y)let me be delivered from my enemies
and from (Z)the deep waters.
15 Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or (AA)the pit close (AB)its mouth over me.
16 Answer me, O Lord, for your (AC)steadfast love is good;
according to your abundant (AD)mercy, (AE)turn to me.
17 (AF)Hide not your face from your servant,
(AG)for I am in distress; (AH)make haste to answer me.
18 Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
19 You know my (AI)reproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
20 (AJ)Reproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in (AK)despair.
I (AL)looked for (AM)pity, but there was none,
and for (AN)comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me (AO)poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me (AP)sour wine to drink.
22 (AQ)Let their own (AR)table before them become a snare;
(AS)and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.[c]
23 (AT)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
(AU)and make their loins tremble continually.
24 Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25 (AV)May their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
26 For they (AW)persecute him whom (AX)you have struck down,
and they recount the pain of (AY)those you have wounded.
27 (AZ)Add to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you.[d]
28 Let them be (BA)blotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be (BB)enrolled among the righteous.
29 But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, (BC)set me on high!
30 I will (BD)praise the name of God with a song;
I will (BE)magnify him with (BF)thanksgiving.
31 This will (BG)please the Lord more than an ox
or a bull (BH)with horns and hoofs.
32 When (BI)the humble see it they will be glad;
you who seek God, (BJ)let your hearts revive.
33 For the Lord hears the needy
and (BK)does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
34 Let (BL)heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and everything that moves in them.
35 For (BM)God will save Zion
and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;
36 (BN)the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:1 Or waters threaten my life
- Psalm 69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled
- Psalm 69:22 Hebrew; a slight revocalization yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome) a snare, and retribution and a trap
- Psalm 69:27 Hebrew may they not come into your righteousness
Salmos 69
Reina-Valera Antigua
69 Al Músico principal: sobre Sosannim: Salmo de David. SALVAME, oh Dios, Porque las aguas han entrado hasta el alma.
2 Estoy hundido en cieno profundo, donde no hay pie: He venido á abismos de aguas, y la corriente me ha anegado.
3 Cansado estoy de llamar; mi garganta se ha enronquecido; Han desfallecido mis ojos esperando á mi Dios.
4 Hanse aumentado más que los cabellos de mi cabeza los que me aborrecen sin causa; Hanse fortalecido mis enemigos, los que me destruyen sin por qué: He venido pues á pagar lo que no he tomado.
5 Dios, tú sabes mi locura; Y mis delitos no te son ocultos.
6 No sean avergonzados por mi causa los que te esperan, oh Señor Jehová de los ejércitos; No sean confusos por mí los que te buscan, oh Dios de Israel.
7 Porque por amor de ti he sufrido afrenta; Confusión ha cubierto mi rostro.
8 He sido extrañado de mis hermanos, Y extraño á los hijos de mi madre.
9 Porque me consumió el celo de tu casa; Y los denuestos de los que te vituperaban, cayeron sobre mí.
10 Y lloré afligiendo con ayuno mi alma; Y esto me ha sido por afrenta.
11 Puse además saco por mi vestido; Y vine á serles por proverbio.
12 Hablaban contra mí los que se sentaban á la puerta, Y me zaherían en las canciones de los bebederos de sidra.
13 Empero yo enderezaba mi oración á ti, oh Jehová, al tiempo de tu buena voluntad: Oh Dios, por la multitud de tu misericordia, Por la verdad de tu salud, óyeme.
14 Sácame del lodo, y no sea yo sumergido: Sea yo libertado de los que me aborrecen, y del profundo de las aguas.
15 No me anegue el ímpetu de las aguas, Ni me suerba la hondura, Ni el pozo cierre sobre mí su boca.
16 Oyeme, Jehová, porque apacible es tu misericordia; Mírame conforme á la multitud de tus miseraciones.
17 Y no escondas tu rostro de tu siervo; Porque estoy angustiado; apresúrate, óyeme.
18 Acércate á mi alma, redímela: Líbrame á causa de mis enemigos.
19 Tú sabes mi afrenta, y mi confusión, y mi oprobio: Delante de ti están todos mis enemigos.
20 La afrenta ha quebrantado mi corazón, y estoy acongojado: Y esperé quien se compadeciese de mí, y no lo hubo: Y consoladores, y ninguno hallé.
21 Pusiéronme además hiel por comida, Y en mi sed me dieron á beber vinagre.
22 Sea su mesa delante de ellos por lazo, Y lo que es para bien por tropiezo.
23 Sean oscurecidos sus ojos para ver, Y haz siempre titubear sus lomos.
24 Derrama sobre ellos tu ira, Y el furor de tu enojo los alcance.
25 Sea su palacio asolado: En sus tiendas no haya morador.
26 Porque persiguieron al que tú heriste; Y cuentan del dolor de los que tú llagaste.
27 Pon maldad sobre su maldad, Y no entren en tu justicia.
28 Sean raídos del libro de los vivientes, Y no sean escritos con los justos.
29 Y yo afligido y dolorido, Tu salud, oh Dios, me defenderá.
30 Alabaré yo el nombre de Dios con cántico, Ensalzarélo con alabanza.
31 Y agradará á Jehová más que sacrificio de buey, O becerro que echa cuernos y uñas.
32 Veránlo los humildes, y se gozarán; Buscad á Dios, y vivirá vuestro corazón.
33 Porque Jehová oye á los menesterosos, Y no menosprecia á sus prisioneros.
34 Alábenlo los cielos y la tierra, Los mares, y todo lo que se mueve en ellos.
35 Porque Dios guardará á Sión, y reedificará las ciudades de Judá; Y habitarán allí, y la poseerán.
36 Y la simiente de sus siervos la heredará, Y los que aman su nombre habitarán en ella.
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