Darby Bible Translation

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The Waters Have Come Up to My Neck!

{To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.

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Psalm 69^a

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

Save me, O God,
for the waters have come up to my neck.

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I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

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I sink in the miry depths,
where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
the floods engulf me.

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I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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I am worn out calling for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,
looking for my God.

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They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

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Those who hate me without reason
outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,
those who seek to destroy me.
I am forced to restore
what I did not steal.

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Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.

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You, God, know my folly;
my guilt is not hidden from you.

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Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

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Lord, 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.

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Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

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For I endure scorn for your sake,
and shame covers my face.

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I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;

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I am a foreigner to my own family,
a stranger to my own mother’s children;

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For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

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for zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

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And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; --

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When I weep and fast,
I must endure scorn;

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And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

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when I put on sackcloth,
people make sport of me.

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They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

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Those who sit at the gate mock me,
and I am the song of the drunkards.

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But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:

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But I pray to you, Lord,
in the time of your favor;
in your great love, O God,
answer me with your sure salvation.

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Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.

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Rescue me from the mire,
do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
from the deep waters.

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Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

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Do not let the floodwaters engulf me
or the depths swallow me up
or the pit close its mouth over me.

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Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;

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Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;
in your great mercy turn to me.

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And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.

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Do not hide your face from your servant;
answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.

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Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.

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Come near and rescue me;
deliver me because of my foes.

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*Thou* knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

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You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;
all my enemies are before you.

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Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

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Scorn has broken my heart
and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for comforters, but I found none.

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Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

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Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;

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May the table set before them become a snare;
may it become retribution andb a trap.

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Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.

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May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.

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Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.

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Pour out your wrath on them;
let your fierce anger overtake them.

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Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.

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May their place be deserted;
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

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For they persecute him whom *thou* hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

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For they persecute those you wound
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.

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Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.

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Charge them with crime upon crime;
do not let them share in your salvation.

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Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

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May they be blotted out of the book of life
and not be listed with the righteous.

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But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

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But as for me, afflicted and in pain —
may your salvation, God, protect me.

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I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving;

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I will praise God’s name in song
and glorify him with thanksgiving.

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And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, -- a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.

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This will please the Lord more than an ox,
more than a bull with its horns and hooves.

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The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live.

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The poor will see and be glad —
you who seek God, may your hearts live!

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For Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.

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The Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his captive people.

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Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.

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Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and all that move in them,

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For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:

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for God will save Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah.
Then people will settle there and possess it;

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And the seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

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the children of his servants will inherit it,
and those who love his name will dwell there.

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