Psalms 69 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Psalms 70

¹For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.

KJVTo the chief Musician^H5329^(H8764), A Psalm of David^H1732, to bring to remembrance^H2142^(H8687). Make haste, O God^H430, to deliver^H5337^(H8687) me; make haste^H2363^(H8798) to help^H5833 me, O LORD^H3068.

² Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

KJVLet them be ashamed^H954^(H8799) and confounded^H2659^(H8799) that seek^H1245^(H8764) after my soul^H5315: let them be turned^H5472^(H8735) backward^H268, and put to confusion^H3637^(H8735), that desire^H2655 my hurt^H7451.

³ Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”

KJVLet them be turned back^H7725^(H8799) for a reward^H6118 of their shame^H1322 that say^H559^(H8802), Aha^H1889, aha^H1889.

⁴ Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!”

KJVLet all those that seek^H1245^(H8764) thee rejoice^H7797^(H8799) and be glad^H8055^(H8799) in thee: and let such as love^H157^(H8802) thy salvation^H3444 say^H559^(H8799) continually^H8548, Let God^H430 be magnified^H1431^(H8799).

⁵ But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay.

KJVBut I am poor^H6041 and needy^H34: make haste^H2363^(H8798) unto me, O God^H430: thou art my help^H5828 and my deliverer^H6403^(H8764); O LORD^H3068, make no tarrying^H309^(H8762).

WEB·Psalms 69

¹For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!

KJVTo the chief Musician^H5329^(H8764) upon Shoshannim^H7799, A Psalm of David^H1732. Save^H3467^(H8685) me, O God^H430; for the waters^H4325 are come^H935^(H8804) in unto my soul^H5315.

² I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

KJVI sink^H2883^(H8804) in deep^H4688 mire^H3121, where there is no standing^H4613: I am come^H935^(H8804) into deep^H4615 waters^H4325, where the floods^H7641 overflow^H7857^(H8804) me.

³ I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.

KJVI am weary^H3021^(H8804) of my crying^H7121^(H8800): my throat^H1627 is dried^H2787^(H8738): mine eyes^H5869 fail^H3615^(H8804) while I wait^H3176^(H8764) for my God^H430.

⁴ Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.

KJVThey that hate^H8130^(H8802) me without a cause^H2600 are more^H7231^(H8804) than the hairs^H8185 of mine head^H7218: they that would destroy^H6789^(H8688) me, being mine enemies^H341^(H8802) wrongfully^H8267, are mighty^H6105^(H8804): then I restored^H7725^(H8686) that which I took not away^H1497^(H8804).

⁵ God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.

KJVO God^H430, thou knowest^H3045^(H8804) my foolishness^H200; and my sins^H819 are not hid^H3582^(H8738) from thee.

⁶ Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

KJVLet not them that wait^H6960^(H8802) on thee, O Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 of hosts^H6635, be ashamed^H954^(H8799) for my sake: let not those that seek^H1245^(H8764) thee be confounded^H3637^(H8735) for my sake, O God^H430 of Israel^H3478.

⁷ Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

KJVBecause for thy sake I have borne^H5375^(H8804) reproach^H2781; shame^H3639 hath covered^H3680^(H8765) my face^H6440.

⁸ I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.

KJVI am become a stranger^H2114^(H8716) unto my brethren^H251, and an alien^H5237 unto my mother's^H517 children^H1121.

⁹ For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

KJVFor the zeal^H7068 of thine house^H1004 hath eaten me up^H398^(H8804); and the reproaches^H2781 of them that reproached^H2778^(H8802) thee are fallen^H5307^(H8804) upon me.

¹⁰ When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

KJVWhen I wept^H1058^(H8799), and chastened my soul^H5315 with fasting^H6685, that was to my reproach^H2781.

¹¹ When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

KJVI made^H5414^(H8799) sackcloth^H8242 also my garment^H3830; and I became a proverb^H4912 to them.

¹² Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

KJVThey that sit in^H3427^(H8802) the gate^H8179 speak^H7878^(H8799) against me; and I was the song^H5058 of the drunkards^H8354^(H8802)^H7941.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

KJVBut as for me, my prayer^H8605 is unto thee, O LORD^H3068, in an acceptable^H7522 time^H6256: O God^H430, in the multitude^H7230 of thy mercy^H2617 hear^H6030^(H8798) me, in the truth^H571 of thy salvation^H3468.

¹⁴ Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

KJVDeliver^H5337^(H8685) me out of the mire^H2916, and let me not sink^H2883^(H8799): let me be delivered^H5337^(H8735) from them that hate^H8130^(H8802) me, and out of the deep^H4615 waters^H4325.

¹⁵ Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.

KJVLet not the waterflood^H4325^H7641 overflow^H7857^(H8799) me, neither let the deep^H4688 swallow me up^H1104^(H8799), and let not the pit^H875 shut^H332^(H8799) her mouth^H6310 upon me.

¹⁶ Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

KJVHear^H6030^(H8798) me, O LORD^H3068; for thy lovingkindness^H2617 is good^H2896: turn^H6437^(H8798) unto me according to the multitude^H7230 of thy tender mercies^H7356.

¹⁷ Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!

KJVAnd hide^H5641^(H8686) not thy face^H6440 from thy servant^H5650; for I am in trouble^H6887^(H8804): hear^H6030^(H8798) me speedily^H4118.

¹⁸ Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

KJVDraw nigh^H7126^(H8798) unto my soul^H5315, and redeem^H1350^(H8798) it: deliver^H6299^(H8798) me because of mine enemies^H341^(H8802).

¹⁹ You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.

KJVThou hast known^H3045^(H8804) my reproach^H2781, and my shame^H1322, and my dishonour^H3639: mine adversaries^H6887^(H8802) are all before thee.

²⁰ Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.

KJVReproach^H2781 hath broken^H7665^(H8804) my heart^H3820; and I am full of heaviness^H5136^(H8799): and I looked^H6960^(H8762) for some to take pity^H5110^(H8800), but there was none; and for comforters^H5162^(H8764), but I found^H4672^(H8804) none.

²¹ They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

KJVThey gave^H5414^(H8799) me also gall^H7219 for my meat^H1267; and in my thirst^H6772 they gave me vinegar^H2558 to drink^H8248^(H8686).

²² Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.

KJVLet their table^H7979 become a snare^H6341 before^H6440 them: and that which should have been for their welfare^H7965, let it become a trap^H4170.

²³ Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.

KJVLet their eyes^H5869 be darkened^H2821^(H8799), that they see^H7200^(H8800) not; and make their loins^H4975 continually^H8548 to shake^H4571^(H8685).

²⁴ Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

KJVPour out^H8210^(H8798) thine indignation^H2195 upon them, and let thy wrathful^H2740 anger^H639 take hold^H5381^(H8686) of them.

²⁵ Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.

KJVLet their habitation^H2918 be desolate^H8074^(H8737); and let none dwell^H3427^(H8802) in their tents^H168.

²⁶ For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.

KJVFor they persecute^H7291^(H8804) him whom thou hast smitten^H5221^(H8689); and they talk^H5608^(H8762) to the grief^H4341 of those whom thou hast wounded^H2491.

²⁷ Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.

KJVAdd^H5414^(H8798) iniquity^H5771 unto their iniquity^H5771: and let them not come^H935^(H8799) into thy righteousness^H6666.

²⁸ Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

KJVLet them be blotted^H4229^(H8735) out of the book^H5612 of the living^H2416, and not be written^H3789^(H8735) with the righteous^H6662.

²⁹ But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

KJVBut I am poor^H6041 and sorrowful^H3510^(H8802): let thy salvation^H3444, O God^H430, set me up on high^H7682^(H8762).

³⁰ I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

KJVI will praise^H1984^(H8762) the name^H8034 of God^H430 with a song^H7892, and will magnify^H1431^(H8762) him with thanksgiving^H8426.

³¹ It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.

KJVThis also shall please^H3190 the LORD^H3068 better^H3190^(H8799) than an ox^H7794 or bullock^H6499 that hath horns^H7160^(H8688) and hoofs^H6536^(H8688).

³² The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

KJVThe humble^H6035 shall see^H7200^(H8804) this, and be glad^H8055^(H8799): and your heart^H3824 shall live^H2421^(H8799) that seek^H1875^(H8802) God^H430.

³³ For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.

KJVFor the LORD^H3068 heareth^H8085^(H8802) the poor^H34, and despiseth^H959^(H8804) not his prisoners^H615.

³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!

KJVLet the heaven^H8064 and earth^H776 praise^H1984^(H8762) him, the seas^H3220, and every thing that moveth^H7430^(H8802) therein.

³⁵ For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.

KJVFor God^H430 will save^H3467^(H8686) Zion^H6726, and will build^H1129^(H8799) the cities^H5892 of Judah^H3063: that they may dwell^H3427^(H8804) there, and have it in possession^H3423^(H8804).

³⁶ The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.

KJVThe seed^H2233 also of his servants^H5650 shall inherit^H5157^(H8799) it: and they that love^H157^(H8802) his name^H8034 shall dwell^H7931^(H8799) therein.

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