Tehillim 69

²Hoshi'eini, O Elohim;

for the mayim are come unto my nefesh.

³I sink in deep mire,

where there is no standing;

I am come into the depths of the mayim,

where the floods overflow me.

⁴I am weary of my crying out;

my garon (throat) is dry;

mine eyes fail while I wait for Elohai.

⁵They that have sinas chinom (baseless hatred) toward me

are more than the hairs of mine rosh;

they that would destroy me,

being mine oyevim (enemies) sheker (baselessly) are mighty;

then I restored that which I did not steal.

⁶O Elohim, Thou knowest my folly;

and my ashmot (guiltinesses) are not hid from Thee.

⁷Let not them that wait on Thee,

Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os, be ashamed because of me;

let not those that seek Thee be disgraced because of me,

O Elohei Yisroel.

⁸Because for Thy sake I have borne cherpah;

shame hath covered my face.

⁹I am become a stranger unto my achim,

and a nochri (foreigner) unto the bnei immi (sons of my mother) .

¹⁰For kinas Beitcha (zeal for Thy House) hath consumed me;

and the cherpot of them that scorned Thee are fallen upon me.

¹¹When I wept, and chastened my nefesh in the tzom (fast) ,

that became my cherpot (reproaches) .

¹²I made sackcloth also my garment;

and I became a mashal (byword) to them.

¹³They that sit in the sha'ar (gate) speak against me;[#69:13 as judges]

and I was the neginot (drinking songs) of the drunkards.

¹⁴But as for me, may my tefillah be unto Thee, Hashem ,

in an et ratzon (acceptable time, time of favor) ;

O Elohim, in the multitude of Thy chesed hear me,

in the emes of Thy salvation.

¹⁵Save me out of the teet (mire, clay, soil)

and let me not sink;

let me be saved from them that hate me,

and out of the depths of the mayim.

¹⁶Let not the floodwaters overflow me,

neither let the deep swallow me up,

and let not the be'er (pit) shut her mouth upon me.

¹⁷Hear me, Hashem , for Thy chesed is tov;

turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy rachamim;

¹⁸And hide not Thy face from Thy eved;

for I am in tzoros. Hear me speedily.

¹⁹Draw near unto my nefesh, and make the go'el redemption of it;

deliver me because of mine oyevim (enemies) .

²⁰Thou hast known the cherpah (scorn) I bear, and my shame, and my dishonor;

mine adversaries are all before Thee.

²¹Reproach hath broken my lev; and I have sickness as unto death;

and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;

and for menachamim (comforters) , but I found none.

²²They gave me also gall in my food;

and in my tzamah (thirst) they gave me chometz (vinegar) to drink.

²³Let their shulchan become a pach (snare, trap) before them;

and that which should have been for their shlomim (peacefulnesses) , let it become a mokesh (trap) .

²⁴Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not;

and make their loins shake tamid.

²⁵Pour out Thine indignation upon them,

and let Thy charon af (burning wrath) overtake them.

²⁶Let their habitation be desolate;

and let none dwell in their ohalim.

²⁷For they persecute him whom Thou hast struck;

and they tell of the makh'ov (pain, grief) of those whom Thou hast wounded.

²⁸Add avon (iniquity) unto their avon;

and let them not come into Thy tzedakah.

²⁹Let them be blotted out of the Sefer Chayyim,

and not be recorded with the tzaddikim.

³⁰But I am ani (poor) and in pain;

let Thy Yeshu'ah (salvation) , O Elohim, set me up on high.

³¹I will praise Shem Elohim b'shir (in song) ,

and will magnify Him with todah (thanksgiving) .

³²This also shall please Hashem better than shor (ox)

or bull that hath keren (horn) and parsah (hoof) .

³³Those that have anavah (meekness, humility) shall see this, and have simchah;

and your lev shall live that seek Elohim.

³⁴For Hashem heareth the evyonim (needy ones, poor) ,

and despiseth not His prisoners.

³⁵Let the Shomayim va'Aretz praise Him,

the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

³⁶For Elohim yoshi'a (will save) Tziyon,

and will build the cities of Yehudah;

that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

³⁷The zera also of His avadim shall inherit it;

and they that love Shmo shall dwell therein.