Psalms 69 — TOJB

69Verse 1(For the one directing. Al Shoshanim. Of Dovid)^{Verse 2}Hoshi'eini, O Elohim;
for the mayim are come unto my nefesh.^{+
Verse 3}I sink in deep mire,
where there is no standing;
I am come into the depths of the mayim,
where the floods overflow me.
^{Verse 4}I am weary of my crying out;
my garon (throat) is dry;
mine eyes fail while I wait for Elohai.^{Verse 5}They that have sinas chinom (baseless hatred) toward me
are more than the hairs of mine rosh;
they that would destroy me,
being mine oyevim (enemies) sheker (baselessly) are mighty;
then I restored that which I did not steal.
^{Verse 6}O Elohim, Thou knowest my folly;
and my ashmot (guiltinesses) are not hid from Thee.^{Verse 7}Let not them that wait on Thee,
Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os, be ashamed because of me;
let not those that seek Thee be disgraced because of me,
O Elohei Yisroel.
^{Verse 8}Because for Thy sake I have borne cherpah;
shame hath covered my face.
^{Verse 9}I am become a stranger unto my achim,
and a nochri (foreigner) unto the bnei immi (sons of my mother).^{Verse 10}For kinas Beitcha (zeal for Thy House) hath consumed me;
and the cherpot of them that scorned Thee are fallen upon me.^{+
Verse 11}When I wept, and chastened my nefesh in the tzom (fast),
that became my cherpot (reproaches).
^{Verse 12}I made sackcloth also my garment;
and I became a mashal (byword) to them.
^{Verse 13}They that sit⁺in the sha'ar (gate) speak against me;
and I was the neginot (drinking songs) of the drunkards.^{Verse 14}But as for me, may my tefillah be unto Thee, Hashem,
in an et ratzon (acceptable time, time of favor);
O Elohim, in the multitude of Thy chesed hear me,
in the emes of Thy salvation.
^{Verse 15}Save me out of the teet (mire, clay, soil)
and let me not sink;
let me be saved from them that hate me,
and out of the depths of the mayim.
^{Verse 16}Let not the floodwaters overflow me,
neither let the deep swallow me up,
and let not the be'er (pit) shut her mouth upon me.^{Verse 17}Hear me, Hashem, for Thy chesed is tov;
turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy rachamim;
^{Verse 18}And hide not Thy face from Thy eved;
for I am in tzoros. Hear me speedily.
^{Verse 19}Draw near unto my nefesh, and make the go'el redemption of it;
deliver me because of mine oyevim (enemies).^{Verse 20}Thou hast known the cherpah (scorn) I bear, and my shame, and my dishonor;
mine adversaries are all before Thee.
^{Verse 21}Reproach hath broken my lev; and I have sickness as unto death;
and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
and for menachamim (comforters), but I found none.
^{Verse 22}They gave me also gall in my food;
and in my tzamah (thirst) they gave me chometz (vinegar) to drink.^{+Verse 23}Let their shulchan become a pach (snare, trap) before them;
and that which should have been for their shlomim (peacefulnesses), let it become a mokesh (trap).
^{Verse 24}Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not;
and make their loins shake tamid.
^{Verse 25}Pour out Thine indignation upon them,
and let Thy charon af (burning wrath) overtake them.
^{Verse 26}Let their habitation be desolate;
and let none dwell in their ohalim.^{+
Verse 27}For they persecute him whom Thou hast struck;
and they tell of the makh'ov (pain, grief) of those whom Thou hast wounded.
^{Verse 28}Add avon (iniquity) unto their avon;
and let them not come into Thy tzedakah.
^{Verse 29}Let them be blotted out of the Sefer Chayyim,
and not be recorded with the tzaddikim.^{Verse 30}But I am ani (poor) and in pain;
let Thy Yeshu'ah (salvation), O Elohim, set me up on high.^{Verse 31}I will praise Shem Elohim b'shir (in song),
and will magnify Him with todah (thanksgiving).
^{Verse 32}This also shall please Hashem better than shor (ox)
or bull that hath keren (horn) and parsah (hoof).
^{Verse 33}Those that have anavah (meekness, humility) shall see this, and have simchah;
and your⁺lev shall live that seek Elohim.
^{Verse 34}For Hashem heareth the evyonim (needy ones, poor),
and despiseth not His prisoners.^{Verse 35}Let the Shomayim va'Aretz praise Him,
the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
^{Verse 36}For Elohim yoshi'a (will save) Tziyon,
and will build the cities of Yehudah;
that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
^{Verse 37}The zera also of His avadim shall inherit it;
and they that love Shmo shall dwell therein.