Bible

Psalms 69 (CEV)

Topics in Book | Outline of Book | Facts About Book | Commentary | Parallel Verse

NET | ESV | KJV | ASV | RSV | Good News | CEV | Basic | MSG | Spanish | French

Previous Chapter | Browse | Next Chapter

¹ (By David for the music leader. To the tune "Lilies.") Save me, God! I am about to drown. ² I am sinking deep in the mud, and my feet are slipping. I am about to be swept under by a mighty flood. ³ I am worn out from crying, and my throat is dry. I have waited for you till my eyes are blurred. ⁴ There are more people who hate me for no reason than there are hairs on my head. Many terrible enemies want to destroy me, God. Am I supposed to give back something I didn't steal? ⁵ You know my foolish sins. Not one is hidden from you. ⁶ LORD God All-Powerful, ruler of Israel, don't let me embarrass anyone who trusts and worships you. ⁷ It is for your sake alone that I am insulted and blush with shame. ⁸ I am like a stranger to my relatives and like a foreigner to my own family. ⁹ My love for your house burns in me like a fire, and when others insulted you, they insulted me as well. ¹⁰ I cried and went without food, but they still insulted me. ¹¹ They sneered at me for wearing sackcloth to show my sorrow. ¹² Rulers and judges gossip about me, and drunkards make up songs to mock me. ¹³ But I pray to you, LORD. So when the time is right, answer me and help me with your wonderful love. ¹⁴ Don't let me sink in the mud, but save me from my enemies and from the deep water. ¹⁵ Don't let me be swept away by a flood or drowned in the ocean or swallowed by death. ¹⁶ Answer me, LORD! You are kind and good. Pay attention to me! You are truly merciful. ¹⁷ Don't turn away from me. I am your servant, and I am in trouble. Please hurry and help! ¹⁸ Come and save me from my enemies. ¹⁹ You know how I am insulted, mocked, and disgraced; you know every one of my enemies. ²⁰ I am crushed by insults, and I feel sick. I had hoped for mercy and pity, but there was none. ²¹ Enemies poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar. ²² Make their table a trap for them and their friends. ²³ Blind them with darkness and make them tremble. ²⁴ Show them how angry you are! Be furious and catch them. ²⁵ Destroy their camp and don't let anyone live in their tents. ²⁶ They cause trouble for people you have already punished; their gossip hurts those you have wounded. ²⁷ Make them guiltier than ever and don't forgive them. ²⁸ Wipe their names from the book of the living; remove them from the list of the innocent. ²⁹ I am mistreated and in pain. Protect me, God, and keep me safe! ³⁰ I will praise the LORD God with a song and a thankful heart. ³¹ This will please the LORD better than offering an ox or a full-grown bull. ³² When those in need see this, they will be happy, and the LORD's worshipers will be encouraged. ³³ The LORD will listen when the homeless cry out, and he will never forget his people in prison. ³⁴ Heaven and earth will praise our God, and so will the oceans and everything in them. ³⁵ God will rescue Jerusalem, and he will rebuild the towns of Judah. His people will live there on their own land, ³⁶ and when the time comes, their children will inherit the land. Then everyone who loves God will also settle there.