Rotherham - Psalms - 69

69:1  Save me, O God, For waters have entered as far as the life;

69:2  I have sunk in deep swamp, Where there is no place to stand, I have come into abysses of waters, Where a flood hath overflowed me;

69:3  I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat,—Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God.

69:4  More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause,—Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause,—What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.

69:5  O God, thou, hast known my folly, And, my wrong-doings, from thee, have not been hid.

69:6  Let them not be ashamed, through me, Who have waited for thee, O My Lord, Yahweh of hosts,—Let them not be confounded, through me, Who are seeking thee, O God of Israel!

69:7  Because, for thy sake, have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face;

69:8  One estranged, have I become, to my own brethren, Yea, an alien, to the sons of my own mother;

69:9  Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me.

69:10  When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach;

69:11  When I have made my clothing of sackcloth, Then have I served them for a by-word;

69:12  They who sit in the gate talk against me,—And [against me are] the songs of them who imbibe strong drink.

69:13  But, as for me, my prayer shall be unto thee, O Yahweh, in a time of acceptance, O God, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, answer me with thy saving faithfulness.

69:14  Rescue me out of the mire, lest I sink, Let me be rescued, From my haters, and, From abysses of waters:

69:15  Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth.

69:16  Answer me, O Yahweh, for good is thy lovingkindness, According to the abounding of thy compassions, turn thou towards me:

69:17  Then do not hide thy face from thy servant, Because I am in distress, haste thou—answer me!

69:18  Oh draw near unto my soul—redeem it, Because of mine enemies, ransom me.

69:19  Thou, knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion, Before thee, are all mine adversaries.

69:20  Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am weak,—Though I waited for one to pity me, yet there was none, And for comforters, yet I found not any.

69:21  But they put in my food—poison! And, for my thirst, they gave for my drink—vinegar!

69:22  Let their table, before them, become a snare, And unto their friends, a lure;

69:23  Let their eyes become too dim to see, And, their loins, continually cause thou to shake;

69:24  Pour out over them thine indignation, And let, the glow of thine anger, overtake them:

69:25  Let their encampment become desolate, In their tents, be there none to dwell:

69:26  For, whom, thou thyself, hadst smitten, they pursued, And, unto the pain of thy wounded ones, they must needs add.

69:27  Lay punishment on their iniquity, And let them not enter into thy righteousness;

69:28  Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And, with the righteous, let them not be enrolled.

69:29  I, then, am humbled and in pain, Thy salvation, O God, may it set me on high.

69:30  I will praise the Name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving;

69:31  So shall it be more pleasing to Yahweh than a bullock of the herd, Showing horn [and] divided hoof.

69:32  The humbled have seen—they rejoice! Ye seekers of God, let your heart, then, revive;

69:33  For, a Hearkener to the needy, is Yahweh, And, his prisoners, hath he not despised.

69:34  Let the heavens and the earth, praise him, The seas, and everything that creepeth therein.

69:35  For, God, will save Zion, And build the cities of Judah, So shall men dwell there, and possess it:

69:36  Yea, the seed of his servants, shall inherit it, And, the lovers of his Name, shall settle down therein.