1 Vir die musiekleier; op die wysie van: "Lelies." 'n Psalm van Dawid.
2 Verlos my, o God, want die waters het tot by die siel gekom.
3 Ek sink in grondelose modder waar geen staanplek is nie; ek het in waterdieptes gekom, en die stroom loop oor my.
4 Ek is moeg van my geroep, my keel brand, my oë versmag terwyl ek wag op my God.
5 Die wat my sonder oorsaak haat, is meer as die hare van my hoof; die wat klaar staan om my te vernietig, wat sonder grond my vyande is, is magtig; wat ek nie geroof het nie, moet ek dan teruggee.
6 o God, U weet van my dwaasheid, en my skuldige dade is vir U nie verborge nie.
7 Laat die wat u verwag, deur my nie beskaamd staan nie, o Here, HERE van die leërskare! Laat die wat U soek, deur my nie in die skande kom nie, o God van Israel!
8 Want om U ontwil dra ek smaad, bedek skande my aangesig.
9 Vreemd het ek vir my broers geword en 'n onbekende vir die seuns van my moeder.
10 Want die ywer vir u huis het my verteer, en die smaadhede van die wat U smaad, het op my geval.
11 Wat my aangaan, my siel het geween met vas; maar dit het smaadhede vir my geword.
12 Ek het ook 'n rougewaad my kleding gemaak en vir hulle 'n spreekwoord geword.
13 Die wat in die poort sit, praat van my -- ook die spotlied van die wat sterk drank drink.
14 Maar ek -- my gebed is tot U, o HERE: in die tyd van genade, o God, verhoor my deur die grootheid van u goedertierenheid, deur die trou van u heil!
15 Red my uit die modder en laat my nie sink nie; laat my gered word van my haters en uit waterdieptes.
16 Laat die waterstroom nie oor my loop en die diepte my nie verslind nie, en laat die put sy mond bo my nie toesluit nie!
17 Verhoor my, o HERE, want u goedertierenheid is goed; wend U tot my na die grootheid van u barmhartighede.
18 En verberg u aangesig nie vir u kneg nie; want ek is benoud. Verhoor my dan gou!
19 Kom nader na my siel, verlos dit; bevry my om my vyande ontwil.
20 U ken my smaad en my beskaming en my skande; al my teëstanders is voor U.
21 Die smaad breek my hart, en ek is verswak; ja, ek het gewag op medelyde, maar verniet; en op vertroosters, maar het hulle nie gevind nie.
22 En hulle het aan my gal gegee as my spys, en vir my dors het hulle my asyn laat drink.
23 Laat hul tafel voor hulle 'n vangnet wees en vir hulle wat sorgeloos is, 'n strik.
24 Laat hulle oë duister word, sodat hulle nie sien nie; en maak dat hulle heupe altyddeur wankel.
25 Stort oor hulle u grimmigheid uit, en laat u toorngloed hulle inhaal.
26 Laat hulle laer woes word, laat in hulle tente geen bewoner wees nie.
27 Want hulle vervolg hom wat deur U swaar getref is, en vertel van die smart van u gewondes.
28 Voeg skuld by hulle skuld, en laat hulle nie in u geregtigheid kom nie.
29 Laat hulle uitgedelg word uit die boek van die lewe en nie saam met die regverdiges opgeskrywe word nie.
30 Maar ek is ellendig en in pyn: laat u hulp, o God, my beskerm!
31 Ek wil die Naam van God prys met 'n lied en Hom groot maak met danksegging;
32 en dit sal die HERE welgevalliger wees as beeste, as stiere wat horings en gesplitste kloue het.
33 As die ootmoediges dit sien, sal hulle bly wees; julle wat na God soek, laat julle hart lewe!
34 Want die HERE luister na die behoeftiges en verag sy gevangenes nie.
35 Laat hemel en aarde Hom prys, die see en alles wat daarin roer.
36 Want God sal Sion verlos en die stede van Juda bou; en daar sal hulle woon en dit besit. [ (Psalms 69:37) En die nageslag van sy knegte sal dit beërwe, en die liefhebbers van sy Naam sal daarin woon. ]
1 To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.
2 \69:1\Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.
3 \69:2\My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.
4 \69:3\I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.
5 \69:4\Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.
6 \69:5\O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.
7 \69:6\Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.
8 \69:7\I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.
9 \69:8\I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.
10 \69:9\I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.
11 \69:10\My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.
12 \69:11\When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.
13 \69:12\I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.
14 \69:13\But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain.
15 \69:14\Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.
16 \69:15\Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.
17 \69:16\Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.
18 \69:17\Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.
19 \69:18\Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.
20 \69:19\You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.
21 \69:20\My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.
22 \69:21\They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.
23 \69:22\Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.
24 \69:23\Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.
25 \69:24\Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.
26 \69:25\Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents.
27 \69:26\Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.
28 \69:27\Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.
29 \69:28\Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.
30 \69:29\But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.
31 \69:30\I will give praise to the name of God with a song; I will give glory to him for what he has done.
32 \69:31\This will be more pleasing to the Lord than an ox, or a young ox of full growth.
33 \69:32\The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.
34 \69:33\For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.
35 \69:34\Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them.
36 \69:35\For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.
37 \69:36\The seed of his servants will have their part in it, and there the lovers of his name will have rest.