69:8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger;
they act as if I were a foreigner. 1
69:9 Certainly 2 zeal for 3 your house 4 consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you. 5
69:10 I weep and refrain from eating food, 6
which causes others to insult me. 7
69:11 I wear sackcloth
and they ridicule me. 8
69:12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me;
drunkards mock me in their songs. 9
69:13 O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! 10
O God, because of your great loyal love,
answer me with your faithful deliverance! 11
69:14 Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink!
Deliver me 12 from those who hate me,
from the deep water!
69:15 Don’t let the current overpower me!
Don’t let the deep swallow me up!
Don’t let the pit 13 devour me! 14
69:16 Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! 15
Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!
69:17 Do not ignore 16 your servant,
for I am in trouble! Answer me right away! 17
69:18 Come near me and redeem me! 18
Because of my enemies, rescue me!
69:19 You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced;
you can see all my enemies. 19
69:20 Their insults are painful 20 and make me lose heart; 21
I look 22 for sympathy, but receive none, 23
for comforters, but find none.
69:21 They put bitter poison 24 into my food,
and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink. 25
69:22 May their dining table become a trap before them!
May it be a snare for that group of friends! 26
69:23 May their eyes be blinded! 27
Make them shake violently! 28
69:24 Pour out your judgment 29 on them!
May your raging anger 30 overtake them!
69:25 May their camp become desolate,
their tents uninhabited! 31
69:26 For they harass 32 the one whom you discipline; 33
they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish. 34
69:27 Hold them accountable for all their sins! 35
Do not vindicate them! 36
69:28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! 37
Do not let their names be listed with the godly! 38
69:29 I am oppressed and suffering!
O God, deliver and protect me! 39
69:30 I will sing praises to God’s name! 40
I will magnify him as I give him thanks! 41