Psalms 69:12-35

¹²Even the elders of the city say bad things about me. The drunkards of the city sing disgusting songs about me.

¹³But Yahweh, I will continue praying to you. At the time that you choose, answer me and rescue me because you faithfully love me.

¹⁴Do not allow me to sink anymore in the mud. Rescue me from those who hate me! Lift me up out of these deep waters!

¹⁵Do not allow flood waters to swirl around me, do not allow the deep mud to swallow me; keep me from sinking into the pit of death MET.

¹⁶O Yahweh, answer my prayer and help me because you are good and love me faithfully.

¹⁷Do not ◄hide yourself from/refuse to hear► me; answer me quickly because I am in great trouble.

¹⁸Come near to me and save me; rescue me from my enemies.

¹⁹You know that I am insulted and that people cause me to feel ashamed and dishonored; you know who all my enemies are.

²⁰Their insults have deeply offended me, and I ◄feel helpless/am in despair►. I searched for someone who would pity me, but there was no one. I wanted someone to encourage/comfort me, but there were none.

²¹Instead, they gave me food that tasted like poison, and when I was thirsty, they gave me sour wine to drink.

²²I hope/desire that the feasts MTY that they enjoy will ◄become a snare for/bring trouble to► them, and that those whom they invite to the sacrificial feasts will also be trapped.

²³I hope/desire that their eyesight will become dim so that they cannot see anything, and that their backs/bodies will become weaker and weaker.

²⁴Show them that you are very angry with them! Because of your great/furious anger, chase after them and catch them.

²⁵Cause their towns to become abandoned/deserted and that there will be no one left to live in their tents/houses.

²⁶Do this because they persecute those whom you have punished, ◄they talk about the sins of/they want to hurt even more► those whom you have wounded.

²⁷Keep making a record of all their sins, do not acquit/pardon them for the evil things that they have done.

²⁸Erase their names SYN from the book containing the names of those who have eternal life; do not include them in the list of righteous people.

²⁹As for me, I have pain and am suffering. O God, protect me and rescue me.

³⁰When God does that, I will sing as I praise God, and I will honor him by thanking him.

³¹My doing that will please Yahweh more than sacrificing oxen, more than offering him full-grown bulls.

³²Oppressed/Afflicted people will see that God has rescued me, and they will be glad. I want all of you who ask God to help you to be encouraged.

³³Yahweh listens to those who are needy; He does not ignore/forget those who are oppressed/imprisoned.

³⁴I desire that everything will praise God— everything that is in heaven and on earth, and all the creatures that are in the seas.

³⁵God will rescue the people of Jerusalem from their enemies, and he will rebuild the towns that are in Judah. His people will live there and again possess the land.