‏ Psalms 69:1-21

A Cry of Distress and a Curse on Adversaries.

For the music director; according to
Or possibly Lilies
Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.


1 Save me, God,
For the bwaters have
Lit come up to my soul
threatened my life.

2 I have sunk in deep dmud, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a
Lit flowing stream
fflood overflows me.

3 I am gweary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My heyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 Those iwho hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would
Or silence
destroy me kare powerful, those who oppose me with lies;
lWhat I did not steal, I then have to restore.


5 God, You know mmy foolishness,
And nmy guilt is not hidden from You.

6 May those who wait for You not obe ashamed because of me, Lord
Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
God of armies;
May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel,

7 Because qfor Your sake I have endured disgrace;
rDishonor has covered my face.

8 I have become sestranged
Lit to
from my brothers,
And a stranger to my mother’s sons.

9 For uzeal for Your house has consumed me,
And vthe taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.

10 When I wept win my soul with fasting,
It became my xdisgrace.

11 When I made ysackcloth my clothing,
I became za proverb to them.

12 Those who aasit in the gate talk about me,
And absongs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.


13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, acat an acceptable time;
God, in the adgreatness of Your mercy,
Answer me with
Or the faithfulness of Your salvation
Your saving truth.

14 Rescue me from the afmud and do not let me sink;
May I be agrescued from those who hate me, and from the ahdepths of water.

15 May the
Lit stream
ajflood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the akpit close its mouth on me.


16 Answer me, Lord, for alYour mercy is good;
amAccording to the greatness of Your compassion, anturn to me,

17 And aodo not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am apin distress; answer me quickly.

18 Come near to my soul and aqredeem it;
arRansom me because of my enemies!

19 You know my asdisgrace, my shame, and my dishonor;
All my enemies are
Lit before You
known to You.


20 Disgrace has aubroken my heart, and I am so sick.
And avI waited for sympathy, but there was none;
And for awcomforters, but I found none.

21 They also gave me
Or poison
aya bitter herb in my food,
And for my thirst they azgave me vinegar to drink.
Copyright information for NASB2020