Today we continue our reading in the Old Testament book of Psalms in the Amplified Bible translation with Psalm chapter 69 from the Word of God.
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[00:00:04] Psalm 69 To the Chief Musician, Set to the Tune of Lilies A Psalm of David Save me, O God, for the waters have threatened my life, they have come up to my neck. I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.
[00:00:34] I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched. My eyes fail while I wait with confident expectation for my God. Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
[00:01:02] O God, you know my folly. My wrongs are not hidden from you. Do not let those who wait confidently for you be ashamed through me, O Lord, God of hosts. Do not let those who seek you as necessary for life itself be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.
[00:01:29] Because for your sake I have borne reproach. Confusion and dishonor have covered my face. I have become estranged from my brothers and an alien to my mother's sons. For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the mocking insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
[00:01:56] When I wept and humbled myself with fasting, it became my reproach. When I made sackcloth my clothing as one in mourning, I became a byword, a mere object of scorn to them. They who sit in the city's gate, talk about me and mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
[00:02:22] But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord, at an acceptable and opportune time. O God, in the greatness of your favor, and in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me with truth, that is, the faithfulness of your salvation. Rescue me from the mire, and do not let me sink.
[00:02:50] Let me be rescued from those who hate me, and from the deep waters. Do not let the flood water overwhelm me, nor the deep waters swallow me up, nor the pit of Sheol shut its mouth over me. Answer me, O Lord, for your loving kindness is sweet and good and comforting.
[00:03:16] According to the greatness of your compassion, turn to me. Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly. Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies, so that they do not delight in my distress. You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor,
[00:03:46] how I am insulted. My adversaries are all before you, each one fully known. Reproach and insults have broken my heart, and I am so sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. They, or self-righteous hypocrites, also gave me gall, poisonous and bitter for my food.
[00:04:15] And for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. May their table, with all its abundance and luxury, become a snare to them. And when they are in peace, secure at their sacrificial feasts, may it become a trap. May their eyes be dimmed, so that they cannot see,
[00:04:40] and make their loins shake continually in terror and weakness. Pour out your indignation on them, and let the fierceness of your burning anger overtake them. May their encampment be desolate. May no one dwell in their tents. For they have persecuted him whom you have struck,
[00:05:04] and they tell of the pain of those whom you have pierced and wounded. Add unforgiven iniquity to their iniquity in your book, and may they not come into your righteousness. May they be blotted out of the book of life, and their lives come to an end. And may they not be recorded with the righteous, or those in right standing with God.
[00:05:33] But I am sorrowful and in pain. May your salvation, O God, set me securely on high. I will praise the name of God with song, and magnify him with thanksgiving. And it will please the Lord better than an ox, or a young bull with horns and hoofs. The humble have seen it, and are glad.
[00:06:03] You who seek God, requiring him as your greatest need, let your heart revive and live. For the Lord hears the needy, and does not despise his who are prisoners. Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them. For God will save Zion, and rebuild the cities of Judah,
[00:06:31] that his servants may remain there, and possess it. The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell in it. Thank you for tuning in to the Audio Bible Podcast today. This has been Psalm chapter 69, from the Word of God.