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For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Lilies.”

Save me, O God,
for the floodwaters are up to my neck.

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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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Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire;
I can’t find a foothold.
I am in deep water,
and the floods overwhelm me.

2

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

3

I am exhausted from crying for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes are swollen with weeping,
waiting for my God to help me.

3

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

4

Those who hate me without cause
outnumber the hairs on my head.
Many enemies try to destroy me with lies,
demanding that I give back what I didn’t steal.

4

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.

5

O God, you know how foolish I am;
my sins cannot be hidden from you.

5

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

6

Don’t let those who trust in you be ashamed because of me,
O Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
Don’t let me cause them to be humiliated,
O God of Israel.

6

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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For I endure insults for your sake;
humiliation is written all over my face.

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

8

Even my own brothers pretend they don’t know me;
they treat me like a stranger.

8

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

9

Passion for your house has consumed me,
and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

9

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

10

When I weep and fast,
they scoff at me.

10

When I weep and fast,
I must endure scorn;

11

When I dress in burlap to show sorrow,
they make fun of me.

11

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

12

I am the favorite topic of town gossip,
and all the drunks sing about me.

12

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

13

But I keep praying to you, LORD,
hoping this time you will show me favor.
In your unfailing love, O God,
answer my prayer with your sure salvation.

13

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

14

Rescue me from the mud;
don’t let me sink any deeper!
Save me from those who hate me,
and pull me from these deep waters.

14

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

15

Don’t let the floods overwhelm me,
or the deep waters swallow me,
or the pit of death devour 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.

16

Answer my prayers, O LORD,
for your unfailing love is wonderful.
Take care of me,
for your mercy is so plentiful.

16

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

17

Don’t hide from your servant;
answer me quickly, for I am in deep trouble!

17

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

18

Come and redeem me;
free me from my enemies.

18

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

19

You know of my shame, scorn, and disgrace.
You see all that my enemies are doing.

19

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

20

Their insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
If only one person would show some pity;
if only one would turn and comfort me.

20

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

21

But instead, they give me poisona for food;
they offer me sour wine for my thirst.

21

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

22

Let the bountiful table set before them become a snare
and their prosperity become a trap.b

22

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

23

Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see,
and make their bodies shake continually.c

23

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

24

Pour out your fury on them;
consume them with your burning anger.

24

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

25

Let their homes become desolate
and their tents be deserted.

25

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

26

To the one you have punished, they add insult to injury;
they add to the pain of those you have hurt.

26

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

27

Pile their sins up high,
and don’t let them go free.

27

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

28

Erase their names from the Book of Life;
don’t let them be counted among the righteous.

28

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

29

I am suffering and in pain.
Rescue me, O God, by your saving power.

29

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

30

Then I will praise God’s name with singing,
and I will honor him with thanksgiving.

30

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

31

For this will please the LORD more than sacrificing cattle,
more than presenting a bull with its horns and hooves.

31

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

32

The humble will see their God at work and be glad.
Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged.

32

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

33

For the LORD hears the cries of the needy;
he does not despise his imprisoned people.

33

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

34

Praise him, O heaven and earth,
the seas and all that move in them.

34

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

35

For God will save Jerusalemd
and rebuild the towns of Judah.
His people will live there
and settle in their own land.

35

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

36

The descendants of those who obey him will inherit the land,
and those who love him will live there in safety.

36

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

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