A Plea for Rescue
For the choir director: according to "The Lilies." 69:title Pss 45; 60; 80 titles Of David.
1 Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck. 69:1 Jb 22:11; Ps 32:6; Jnh 2:5
2 I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep water,
and a flood sweeps over me. 69:2 Ps 40:2; 124:4; Jnh 2:3
3 I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God. 69:3 Ps 6:6; 38:10; 119:82,123
4 Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful. 69:4 Ps 38:19
Though I did not steal, I must repay. 69:4 Lv 6:2–5; Ps 35:19; Jn 15:25
5 God, you know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from you. 69:5 Ps 38:5; 44:21
6 Do not let those who put their hope in you
be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Armies;
do not let those who seek you
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel. 69:6 Ps 25:2–3
7 For I have endured insults because of you,
and shame has covered my face. 69:7 Ps 44:15; Is 50:6; Jr 51:51
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons 69:8 Jb 19:13–14; Ps 31:11; 38:11
9 because zeal for your house has consumed me, 69:9 Jn 2:17
and the insults of those who insult you
have fallen on me. 69:9 Ps 89:50; Rm 15:3
10 I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults. 69:10 Ps 35:13; 109:24–25
11 I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.
12 Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me. 69:11–12 Jb 17:6; 30:9; Ps 44:14; Jr 24:9
13 But as for me, Lord,
my prayer to you is for a time of favor.
In your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with your sure salvation. 69:13 Ps 109:4; Is 49:8; 2Co 6:2
14 Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep water. 69:14 Ps 144:7
15 Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me. 69:15 Nm 16:33; Ps 55:23
16 Answer me, Lord,
for your faithful love is good.
In keeping with your abundant compassion,
turn to me. 69:16 Ps 25:16; 109:21
17 Don’t hide your face from your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly! 69:17 Ps 27:9; 102:2
18 Come near to me and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies. 69:18 Ps 119:134
19 You know the insults I endure —
my shame and disgrace.
You are aware of all my adversaries. 69:19 Jr 15:15
20 Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one. 69:20 Ps 142:4; Is 63:5
21 Instead, they gave me gall for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink. 69:21 Mt 27:34,48; Jn 19:29
22 Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies. 69:22 Ps 35:4–8; Rm 11:9–10; 1Th 5:3
23 Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
and let their hips continually quake. 69:23 Is 6:10; Ezk 29:7; Dn 5:6
24 Pour out your rage on them,
and let your burning anger overtake them. 69:24 Ps 79:6; Ezk 21:31; Zph 3:8
25 Make their fortification desolate;
may no one live in their tents. 69:25 Mt 23:38; Lk 13:35; Ac 1:20
26 For they persecute the one you struck
and talk about the pain of those you wounded. 69:26 2Ch 28:9; Is 53:4; Zch 1:15
27 Charge them with crime on top of crime;
do not let them share in your righteousness. 69:27 Neh 4:5; Ps 109:14
28 Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous. 69:28 Ex 32:32; Dn 12:1; Rv 3:5
29 But as for me — poor and in pain —
let your salvation protect me, God. 69:29 Ps 20:1; 70:5
30 I will praise God’s name with song
and exalt him with thanksgiving. 69:30 Ps 100:4; 107:22
31 That will please the Lord more than an ox,
more than a bull with horns and hooves. 69:31 Ps 50:13–14; 51:16
32 The humble will see it and rejoice.
You who seek God, take heart! 69:32 Ps 22:26; 34:2
33 For the Lord listens to the needy
and does not despise
his own who are prisoners. 69:33 Ps 12:5; 68:6; 146:7
34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and everything that moves in them, 69:34 Ps 96:11; Is 44:23; 49:13
35 for God will save Zion
and build up 69:35 Or and rebuild the cities of Judah.
They will live there and possess it. 69:35 Ps 147:2; Is 44:26
36 The descendants of his servants will inherit it,
and those who love his name will live in it. 69:36 Ps 102:28; Is 65:9