Psalm 69

Legacy Standard Bible

⁵ O God, it is You who knows ^(I)my folly,
And ^[e](J)all my guilt is not hidden from You.
⁶ May those who hope for You not ^(K)be ashamed through me, O Lord Yahweh of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,
⁷ Because ^(L)for Your sake I have borne reproach;
^(M)Dishonor has covered my face.
⁸ I have become ^(N)estranged ^[f]from my brothers
And a foreigner to my mother’s sons.
⁹ For ^(O)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And ^(P)the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
¹⁰ When I wept ^(Q)in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.
¹¹ When I made ^(R)sackcloth my clothing,
I became ^(S)a byword to them.
¹² Those who ^(T)dwell at the gate moan about me,
And I am ^(U)the drunkards’ songs.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Yahweh, ^(V)at an acceptable time;
O God, in the ^(W)abundance of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with the truth of Your salvation.
¹⁴ Deliver me from the ^(X)mire and do not let me sink;
May I be ^(Y)delivered from ^[g]my foes and from the ^[h](Z)deep waters.
¹⁵ May the ^[i](AA)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the ^(AB)pit shut its mouth on me.

¹⁶ Answer me, O Yahweh, for ^(AC)Your lovingkindness is good;
^(AD)According to the abundance of Your compassion, ^(AE)turn to me,
¹⁷ And ^(AF)do not hide Your face from Your slave,
For I am ^(AG)in distress; answer me quickly.
¹⁸ Oh draw near to my soul and ^(AH)redeem it;
^(AI)Ransom me because of my enemies!
¹⁹ You know my ^(AJ)reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are ^[j]before You.

²⁰ Reproach has ^(AK)broken my heart and I am so sick.
And ^(AL)I hoped for sympathy, but there was none,
And for ^(AM)comforters, but I found none.
²¹ They also gave me ^[k](AN)gall ^[l]for my food
And for my thirst they ^(AO)gave me vinegar to drink.

²² May ^(AP)their table before them become a snare;
And ^[m](AQ)when they are in peace, may it become a trap.
²³ May their ^(AR)eyes darken so that they cannot see,
And make their ^(AS)loins quake continually.
^24 (AT)Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
²⁵ May their ^[n](AU)camp be desolate;
May none dwell in their tents.
²⁶ For they have ^(AV)persecuted him whom ^(AW)You Yourself have struck down,
And they recount the pain of those whom ^(AX)You have ^[o]wounded.
²⁷ Add ^(AY)iniquity to their iniquity,
And ^(AZ)may they not come into ^(BA)Your righteousness.
²⁸ May they be ^(BB)blotted out of the ^(BC)book of life
And may they not be ^[p](BD)recorded with the righteous.

²⁹ But I am ^(BE)afflicted and in pain;
^[q]May Your salvation, O God, ^(BF)set me securely on high.
³⁰ I will ^(BG)praise the name of God with song
And ^(BH)magnify Him with ^(BI)thanksgiving.
³¹ And this will ^(BJ)please Yahweh better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.
³² The ^(BK)humble ^[r]see it and are glad;
You who seek God, ^(BL)let your heart ^[s]revive.
³³ For ^(BM)Yahweh hears the needy
And ^(BN)does not despise His who are prisoners.

³⁴ Let ^(BO)heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and ^(BP)everything that moves in them.
³⁵ For God will ^(BQ)save Zion and ^(BR)build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and ^(BS)possess it.
³⁶ The ^(BT)seed of His slaves will inherit it,
And those who love His name ^(BU)will dwell in it.