Tahalym (Psalm) — 69

When ALUAH Seems Distant

1 Deliver me, my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH, because the waters are up to my neck.

2 I am sinking in deep mire, and there is no solid ground. I have come into deep water,    and the flood overwhelms me.

3 I am exhausted from calling for help. My throat is parched. My eyes are strained from looking for my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH.

4 Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head. My persecutors are mighty, and they want to destroy me, must I be forced to return what I did not steal?

5 O my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH, you know my sins, and my guilt is not hidden from you.

6 Do not let those who look up to you be ashamed because of me, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH  Tsaba'ut, Let not those who seek you be humiliated because of me, 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH of Yashar'AL.

7 I am being mocked because of you.    Dishonor overwhelms me.

8 I am a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s sons.

9 Zeal for your house consumes me, and the mockeries of those who insult you fall on me.

10 I weep and fast, and I am mocked for it.

11 When I am dressed in sackcloth, I became an object of gossip among them.

12 The prominent people mock me,    composing drinking songs.

Seeking ALUAH for Deliverance

13 As for me O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, may my prayer to you come at a favorable time, in the abundance of Your love, answer me with Your sure deliverance.

14 Rescue me from the mud and do not let me sink. Rescue me from those who hate me,    and from the deep waters.

15 Let neither the floodwaters overwhelm me nor let the deep swallow me up, nor the mouth of the well close over me.

16 Answer me O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, for your love is good; Turn to me in keeping with your great compassion,

17 and do not ignore your servant, because I am in distress. Hurry to answer me!

18 Draw near and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies.

19 Truly you know my reproach, shame, and dishonor. All my enemies are known to you.

20 Insults broke my heart. I despaired and looked for sympathy; but there was none, I looked for comforters, but I found none.

21 They put poison in my food, in my thirst they forced me to drink vinegar.

22 May their dining tables entrap them, and become a snare for their allies.

23 May their eyes be blinded and may their bodies tremble continuously.

24 May you pour out your fury on them. May your burning anger overtake them.

25 May their camp become desolate and their tents remain unoccupied.

26 For they persecute those whom you have struck, and they brag about the pain of those you have wounded.

27 May you punish them for their crimes;    may they receive no verdict of innocence from you.

28 May they be erased from the Book of Life,    and their names not be written with the righteous.

29 As for me, I am afflicted and hurting; O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your deliverance establish me on high.

30 Let me Yadah 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH with a song that I may magnify 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH with thanksgiving.

31 That will please 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH more than oxen and bulls with horns and hooves.

32 The afflicted will watch and rejoice. May you who seek 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH take courage.

33 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH listens to the needy    and does not despise those in bondage.

34 Let the Shamaym and Arath Yadah  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, along with the sea and its swarming creatures.

35 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will deliver Ziun and will rebuild the cities of Yahudah so they may live there and possess them.

36 The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who cherish his Name will live there.