Psalms 69

lamnatseakh al-shoshannim ledavid

For the leader. On shoshannim. Of David.

hoshi'eni elohim ki va'u mayim ad-nafesh

Deliver me, O God, for the waters have reached my neck;

tavati biven metsulah ve'en mo'omad bati vema'amaqqe-mayim veshibbolet shetafateni

I am sinking into the slimy deep and find no foothold; I have come into the watery depths; the flood sweeps me away.

yagati veqori nikhar geroni kalu enay meyakhel lelohay

I am weary with calling; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for God.

rabbu missa'arot roshi sone'ay khinnam atsemu matsmitay oyevay sheqer asher lo-gazalti az ashiv

More numerous than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without reason; many are those who would destroy me, my treacherous enemies. Must I restore what I have not stolen?

elohim attah yadata le'ivvalti ve'ashmotay mimmekha lo-nikhkhadu

God, You know my folly; my guilty deeds are not hidden from You.

al-yevoshu vi qovekha adonay Elohim tseva'ot al-yikkalemu vi mevaqshekha elohe yisra'el

Let those who look to You, O my Sovereign, GOD of hosts, not be disappointed on my account; let those who seek You, O God of Israel, not be shamed because of me.

ki-alekha nasati kherpah kissetah khelimmah fanay

It is for Your sake that I have been reviled, that shame covers my face;

muzar hayiti le'ekhay venokhri livne immi

I am a stranger to my kin, an alien to my own siblings.

ki-qinat betekha akhalateni vekherpot khorefekha nafelu alay

My zeal for Your house has been my undoing; the reproaches of those who revile You have fallen upon me.

va'evkeh vatsom nafshi vattehi lakharafot li

When I wept and fasted, I was reviled for it.

va'ettenah levushi saq va'ehi lahem lemashal

I made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword among them.

yasikhu vi yosheve sha'ar uneginot shote shekhar

Those who sit in the gate talk about me; I am the taunt of drunkards.

va'ani tefillati-lekha Adonai et ratson elohim berov-khasdekha aneni be'emet yishekha

As for me, may my prayer come to You, O ETERNAL One, at a favorable moment; O God, in Your abundant faithfulness, answer me with Your sure deliverance.

hatsileni mittit ve'al-etba'ah innatselah missone'ay umimma'amaqqe-mayim

Rescue me from the mire; let me not sink; let me be rescued from my enemies, and from the watery depths.

al-tishtefeni shibbolet mayim ve'al-tivla'eni metsulah ve'al-tetar-alay be'er piha

Let the floodwaters not sweep me away; let the deep not swallow me; let the mouth of the Pit not close over me.

aneni Adonai ki-tov khasdekha kerov rakhamekha peneh elay

Answer me, O ETERNAL One, according to Your great steadfastness; in accordance with Your abundant mercy turn to me;

ve'al-taster panekha me'avdekha ki-tsar-li maher aneni

do not hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress; answer me quickly.

qorvah el-nafshi ge'alah lema'an oyevay pedeni

Come near to me and redeem me; free me from my enemies.

attah yadata kherpati uvoshti ukhelimmati negdekha kol-tsoreray

You know my reproach, my shame, my disgrace; You are aware of all my foes.

kherpah shaverah libbi va'anushah va'aqavveh lanud va'ayin velamnakhamim velo matsati

Reproach breaks my heart, I am in despair; I hope for consolation, but there is none, for comforters, but find none.

vayyittenu bevaruti rosh velitsma'i yashquni khomets

They give me gall for food, vinegar to quench my thirst.

yehi-shulkhanam lifnehem lefakh velishlomim lemoqesh

May their table be a trap for them, a snare for their allies.

tekhshakhnah enehem mere'ot umotnehem tamid hame'ad

May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see; may their loins collapse continually.

shefokh-alehem zamekha vakharon appekha yassigem

Pour out Your wrath on them; may Your blazing anger overtake them;

tehi-tiratam neshammah be'oholehem al-yehi yoshev

may their encampments be desolate; may their tents stand empty.

ki-attah asher-hikkita radafu ve'el-makhov khalalekha yesapperu

For they persecute those You have struck; they talk about the pain of those You have felled.

tenah-avon al-avonam ve'al-yavo'u betsidqatekha

Add that to their guilt; let them have no share of Your beneficence;

yimmakhu missefer khayyim ve'im tsaddiqim al-yikkatevu

may they be erased from the book of life, and not be inscribed with the righteous.

va'ani ani vekho'ev yeshu'atekha elohim tesaggeveni

But I am lowly and in pain; Your help, O God, keeps me safe.

ahalelah shem-elohim beshir va'agaddelennu vetodah

I will extol God’s name with song, exultation, and praise.

vetitav la-Adonai mishor par maqrin mafris

That will please GOD more than oxen, than bulls with horns and hoofs.

ra'u anavim yismakhu doreshe elohim vikhi levavkhem

The lowly will see and rejoice; you who are mindful of God, take heart!

ki-shomea el-evyonim Adonai ve'et-asirayw lo vazah

For GOD listens to the needy, and does not spurn those held captive.

yehaleluhu shamayim va'arets yammim vekhol-romes bam

Heaven and earth shall sing praise, the seas, and all that moves in them.

ki elohim yoshia tsiyyon veyivneh are yehudah veyashevu sham vireshuha

For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; they shall live there and inherit it;

vezera avadayw yinkhaluha ve'ohave shemo yishkenu-vah

the offspring of God’s servants shall possess it; those who cherish God’s name shall dwell there.