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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 69:1 | Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. | To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies,' by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul. |
| 69:2 | I sink in |
I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me. |
| 69:3 | I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. | I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God. |
| 69:4 | They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. | Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back. |
| 69:5 | O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my |
O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid. |
| 69:6 | Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. | Let not those waiting on Thee be ashamed because of me, O Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Let not those seeking Thee Blush because of me, O God of Israel. |
| 69:7 | Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. | For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face. |
| 69:8 | I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. | A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother. |
| 69:9 | For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. | For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me. |
| 69:10 | When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. | And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me. |
| 69:11 | I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. | And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile. |
| 69:12 | They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the |
Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments. |
| 69:13 | But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. | And I -- my prayer `is' to Thee, O Jehovah, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Thy kindness, Answer me in the truth of Thy salvation. |
| 69:14 | Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. | Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters. |
| 69:15 | Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. | Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me. |
| 69:16 | Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. | Answer me, O Jehovah, for good `is' Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me, |
| 69:17 | And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: |
And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress -- haste, answer me. |
| 69:18 | Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. | Be near unto my soul -- redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me. |
| 69:19 | Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. | Thou -- Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee `are' all mine adversaries. |
| 69:20 | Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some |
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none. |
| 69:21 | They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. | And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar. |
| 69:22 | Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. | Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap. |
| 69:23 | Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. | Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou. |
| 69:24 | Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. | Pour upon them Thine indignation, And the fierceness of Thine anger doth seize them. |
| 69:25 | Let |
Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller. |
| 69:26 | For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of |
For they have pursued him Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of Thy pierced ones. |
| 69:27 | Add |
Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness. |
| 69:28 | Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. | They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written. |
| 69:29 | But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. | And I `am' afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high. |
| 69:30 | I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. | I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving, |
| 69:31 | This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. | And it is better to Jehovah than an ox, A bullock -- horned -- hoofed. |
| 69:32 | The |
The humble have seen -- they rejoice, Ye who seek God -- and your heart liveth. |
| 69:33 | For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. | For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised. |
| 69:34 | Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that |
The heavens and earth do praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them. |
| 69:35 | For God will save |
For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it. |
| 69:36 | The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. | And the seed of His servants inherit it, And those loving His name dwell in it! |