For the music director; according to the tune of “Lilies;” 2 by David.
69:1 Deliver me, O God,
for the water has reached my neck. 3
69:2 I sink into the deep mire
where there is no solid ground; 4
I am in 5 deep water,
and the current overpowers me.
69:3 I am exhausted from shouting for help;
my throat is sore; 6
my eyes grow tired of looking for my God. 7
69:4 Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head.
Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, 8 outnumber me. 9
They make me repay what I did not steal! 10
69:5 O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; 11
my guilt is not hidden from you. 12
69:6 Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me,
O sovereign Lord and king! 13
Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me,
O God of Israel!
69:7 For I suffer 14 humiliation for your sake 15
and am thoroughly disgraced. 16
69:8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger;
they act as if I were a foreigner. 17
69:9 Certainly 18 zeal for 19 your house 20 consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you. 21
69:10 I weep and refrain from eating food, 22
which causes others to insult me. 23
69:11 I wear sackcloth
and they ridicule me. 24
69:12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me;
drunkards mock me in their songs. 25