Dee 69 Psalm

To dän Haupt Musikaunt, fonn dee Lelje, en Psalm fonn Doft.

Rad mie, O Gott, dan dee Wotasch sent enn miene Seel Jekome.

Ekj fesenkj enn daut deepet Blott, un doa es kjeen Stone; ekje sie enn dee deepe Wotasch jekome wua dee Äweschwamunj äwahaunt nemt.

Ekj sie meed fonn hiele, mien Hauls es dreajch, miene Uage fesaje mie wäarent ekj no mien Gott lua.

Dee, dee mie hausse sent meeha aus hee Hoa opp mien Kopp; soone dee mie fenijchte wele sent kjraftijch, miene majchtje Fiend, donn deed ekj trigj tole waut ekj nijch met Jewault jenome haud.

O Gott, du weetst woo noarisch ekj sie, un miene Sinde sent nijch fonn die festoakje.

Doo dän dee opp die wachte, O Aulmajchtja Herr Gott, sikj schäme omm mient haulwe; lot nijch dän dee die seakje sikj schäme wäajen mie, O Iesrael äa Gott.

Wiels ekj ha Schaund erfoare omm dienet haulwe, Schaund haft mien Jesejcht bedakjt.

Ekj sie en Utlenda jeworde to miene Breede, un en Framda to miene Mutta äare Kjinje.

Dan daut Iewa fa dien Hus haft mie fetäat, un dee Schaund fonn dän dee die Schende deede es opp mie jefolle.

10 Aus ekj miene Seel met Fauste deemietijcht, wea daut uk to miene Schaund;

11 Ekj trock mie Saktseijch aun; un dee muake Spott fonn mie.

12 Soone dee enn dee Puat saute, räde fonn mie; un ekj wea dee Besopne äa Leet.

13 Oba waut mie daut aunbelanjt, mien Jebäd es to die, O Herr Gott, enn ne aunjenäme Tiet, O Gott! Enn dee Butamote fonn dien Erboarme, doo mie auntwuate, enn dee Woarheit fonn diene Radunk.

14 Rad mie fonn ut daut Blott, soo daut ekj nijch sinkje woa; lot mie jerat woare fonn dän dee mie hausse; en fonn ut dee deepe Wotasch.

15 Lot dee Äweschwamunj nijch äwa mie kome, un lot daut Deepet mie nijch oppschlucke, un lot nijch dee Kul too gone äwa mie.

16 Hea mie, O Herr Gott, dan dien Erboarme es goot, drie die no mie enn dee Butamote fonn diene leeftolje Erboarmunje.

17 En doo dien Jesejcht nijch festäakje fonn dien Deena; dan ekj sie enn Trubbel, horjch schwind no mie.

18 Komm dijcht bie no miene Seel; rad dee; rad mie wäajen miene Fiend.

19 Du weetst miene Schaund un mien Schomp, un miene Onnea; miene Fiend sent aule fer mie.

20 Schaund haft mien Hoat jebroake, un mie es ommacklijch; un ekj luad daut wäa sull en Jaumahoat fa mie habe, oba doa wea kjeena; un fa Treeste, oba ekj funk kjeene.

21 Dee jeewe mie uk Gaul enn mien Äte; un enn mien Darscht jeewe see mie Ädikj tom drinkje.

22 Lot äa Desch ne Faul senne fer an; un ne Schlenj to soone dee enn Leijchtheit sent.

23 Lot äare Uage dunkel woare soo daut see nijch meeha seene kjenne, un lot äare Jelenkje de Tietäwa scheddre.

24 Jeet dien Rach ut opp an; lot dien heeta Oaja an bejriepe.

25 Lot äa Heim eed un felote senne; lot kjeenem enn äare Tselte wone.

26 Dee ha dän fefoljcht daen du jeschloage hast; un räde fonn dän äa Trua dän du jewunnt hast.

27 Doo Beeset toolaje to dän dee Beeset jedone ha; un lot dän nijch enn diene Jerajchtijchkjeit enenn kome.

28 Doo dän utlaschte fonn dien Läwes Buak; jo, lot dän nijch met dee Jerajchte ennjeschräwe senne.

29 Oba ekj sie Oam un enn Weedoag; O Gott, Lot diene Radunk mie opp daut Huaget stale.

30 Ekj woa noch Gott sien Nome preise enn en Leet, un ekj woa am feharlijche met Danksagunk.

31 En daut woat däm Herr Gott meeha jefaule aus Bolles dee Heanna un Heefte ha.

32 Dee Deemietje ha jeseene un freihe sikj; jie, dee jie Gott seakje, june Hoate sele läwe.

33 Dan dee Herr Gott heat dee Bederftje, un hee diet siene Jefangne nijch feachte.

34 Lot dee Himels un dee Ead am preise, dee See, un aule dee doabenne wanke.

35 Dan Gott woat Zion rade; un hee woat Juda äare Grootstaede oppbuehe, un dee woare doa wone un daut eajne.

36 Un siene Deene äare Nokome woare daut oawe, un dee sien Nome leef ha woare doabenne wone.

Psalm 69[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

Save me, O God,
    for the waters(A) have come up to my neck.(B)
I sink in the miry depths,(C)
    where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
    the floods engulf me.
I am worn out calling for help;(D)
    my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,(E)
    looking for my God.
Those who hate me(F) without reason(G)
    outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,(H)
    those who seek to destroy me.(I)
I am forced to restore
    what I did not steal.

You, God, know my folly;(J)
    my guilt is not hidden from you.(K)

Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    may those who hope in you
    not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
    may those who seek you
    not be put to shame because of me.
For I endure scorn(L) for your sake,(M)
    and shame covers my face.(N)
I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(O)
for zeal for your house consumes me,(P)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(Q)
10 When I weep and fast,(R)
    I must endure scorn;
11 when I put on sackcloth,(S)
    people make sport of me.
12 Those who sit at the gate(T) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.(U)

13 But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;(V)
in your great love,(W) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.
14 Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.(X)
15 Do not let the floodwaters(Y) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up(Z)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.(AA)

16 Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;(AB)
    in your great mercy turn to me.
17 Do not hide your face(AC) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,(AD) for I am in trouble.(AE)
18 Come near and rescue me;
    deliver(AF) me because of my foes.

19 You know how I am scorned,(AG) disgraced and shamed;
    all my enemies are before you.
20 Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,(AH) but I found none.(AI)
21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar(AJ) for my thirst.(AK)

22 May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and[b] a trap.(AL)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.(AM)
24 Pour out your wrath(AN) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted;(AO)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.(AP)
26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.(AQ)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;(AR)
    do not let them share in your salvation.(AS)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(AT)
    and not be listed with the righteous.(AU)

29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
    may your salvation, God, protect me.(AV)

30 I will praise God’s name in song(AW)
    and glorify him(AX) with thanksgiving.
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.(AY)
32 The poor will see and be glad(AZ)
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!(BA)
33 The Lord hears the needy(BB)
    and does not despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,(BC)
35 for God will save Zion(BD)
    and rebuild the cities of Judah.(BE)
Then people will settle there and possess it;
36     the children of his servants will inherit it,(BF)
    and those who love his name will dwell there.(BG)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:1 In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.
  2. Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become

69 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

33 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.