Psalms 69:2-27

²I continue to sink in the deep mud, and there is no solid ground for me to stand on. I am in deep water, and flood waters are swirling around me.

³I am exhausted from calling out for help; my throat is very dry. Because I have cried so much as I have waited for God to help me, my eyes are swollen.

⁴Those who hate me when there is no reason to hate me are more than the number of hairs on my head HYP! Those who want to get rid of me are strong, and they tell lies about me. They demand that I return to them things that I did not steal!

⁵O God, ◄you see the sins that I have committed/my sins are not hidden from you►. You know that I have foolishly disobeyed your laws.

⁶O Yahweh God, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, do not allow the wrong things that I have done to cause those who trust in you to be disappointed/disillusioned. O God, you whom we Israeli people worship, do not allow me to cause your people to be humiliated.

⁷People have insulted/ridiculed me because I am devoted to you. They have thoroughly humiliated IDM me.

⁸Even my own older brothers act as if they do not know me; they treat me like a foreigner.

⁹Some people have despised your temple; but my zeal for keeping your temple holy is like a fire burning inside me. So it is as though those who are insulting you are also insulting me.

¹⁰When I have humbled myself and ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► to show my sadness about the disgraceful things that they have done to your temple, they just insult me.

¹¹When I put on rough sackcloth to show that I am sad, they laugh at IDM me.

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.