Psalmi 69

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 In finem. Psalmus David in rememorationem, quod salvum fecerit eum Dominus.	1 [For the choirmaster Tune: 'Lilies . . .' Of David] Save me, God, for the waters have closed in on myvery being.
2 Deus, in adjutorium meum intende ; Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina.	2 I am sinking in the deepest swamp and there is no firm ground. I have stepped into deep water andthe waves are washing over me.
3 Confundantur, et revereantur, qui quærunt animam meam.	3 I am exhausted with cal ing out, my throat is hoarse, my eyes are worn out with searching for my God.
4 Avertantur retrorsum, et erubescant, qui volunt mihi mala ; avertantur statim erubescentes qui dicunt mihi : Euge, euge !	4 More numerous than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without reason. Those who seek toget rid of me are powerful, my treacherous enemies. (Must I give back what I have never stolen?)
5 Exsultent et lætentur in te omnes qui quærunt te ; et dicant semper : Magnificetur Dominus, qui diligunt salutare tuum.	5 God, you know how foolish I am, my offences are not hidden from you.
6 Ego vero egenus et pauper sum ; Deus, adjuva me. Adjutor meus et liberator meus es tu ; Domine, ne moreris.	6 Those who hope in you must not be made fools of, Yahweh Sabaoth, because of me! Those who seekyou must not be disgraced, God of Israel, because of me!
	7 It is for you I bear insults, my face is covered with shame,
	8 I am estranged from my brothers, alienated from my own mother's sons;
	9 for I am eaten up with zeal for your house, and insults directed against you fall on me.
	10 I mortify myself with fasting, and find myself insulted for it,
	11 I dress myself in sackcloth and become their laughing-stock,
	12 the gossip of people sitting at the gate, and the theme of drunkards' songs.
	13 And so, I pray to you, Yahweh, at the time of your favour; in your faithful love answer me, in theconstancy of your saving power.
	14 Rescue me from the mire before I sink in; so I shal be saved from those who hate me, from thewatery depths.
	15 Let not the waves wash over me, nor the deep swal ow me up, nor the pit close its mouth on me.
	16 Answer me, Yahweh, for your faithful love is generous; in your tenderness turn towards me;
	17 do not turn away from your servant, be quick to answer me, for I am in trouble.
	18 Come to my side, redeem me, ransom me because of my enemies.
	19 You know well the insults, the shame and disgrace I endure. Every one of my oppressors is known toyou.
	20 Insult has broken my heart past cure. I hoped for sympathy, but in vain, for consolers -- not one to befound.
	21 To eat they gave me poison, to drink, vinegar when I was thirsty.
	22 May their own table prove a trap for them, and their abundance a snare;
	23 may their eyes grow so dim that they cannot see, al their muscles lose their strength.
	24 Vent your fury on them, let your burning anger overtake them.
	25 Reduce their encampment to ruin, and leave their tents untenanted,
	26 for hounding someone you had already stricken, for redoubling the pain of one you had wounded.
	27 Charge them with crime after crime, exclude them from your saving justice,
	28 erase them from the book of life, do not enrol them among the upright.
	29 For myself, wounded wretch that I am, by your saving power raise me up!
	30 I wil praise God's name in song, I wil extol him by thanksgiving,
	31 for this wil please Yahweh more than an ox, than a bullock horned and hoofed.
	32 The humble have seen and are glad. Let your courage revive, you who seek God.
	33 For God listens to the poor, he has never scorned his captive people.
	34 Let heaven and earth and seas, and al that stirs in them, acclaim him!
	35 For God wil save Zion, and rebuild the cities of Judah, and people will live there on their own land;
	36 the descendants of his servants wil inherit it, and those who love his name wil dwell there.