Psalms 69 from Scroll 4Q83 Psalms^a

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David.

1 Save me, God,

for the waters have come up to my neck!

2 I sink in between deep mire, where there is no foothold.

I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

3 I am weary with my crying.

My throat is dry.

My eyes teeth fail, looking for my the God of Israel.

4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head.

Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty.

I have to restore what I didn’t take away.

5 God, you know my foolishness I have not.. [1]

My sins aren’t hidden from you.

6 Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies.

Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

7 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach.

Shame has covered my face.

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers,

an alien to my mother’s children.

9 For the zeal of your house consumes me.

The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

10 And surely when I wept and I fasted,

that was to my reproach.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,

I became a byword to them.

12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me.

I am the song of the drunkards make songs.

13 But as for me, what is my prayer is to you, Yahweh?, in an acceptable time. Now it is acceptable.

God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink, nor let the one who seizes me take me.

Let me be delivered Deliver me from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15 Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me,

neither let the deep swallow me up sink me.

Don’t let the pit shut its my mouth on me.

16 Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the goodness of your loving kindness.

According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

17 Don’t hide your face from your servant,

for I am in distress.

Answer me speedily!

18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it.

Ransom me because of my enemies.