Psalm 69In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.
For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.
1Save me, O God,
for the waters have come up to my neck.
2I sink in the miry depths,
where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
the floods engulf me.
3I am worn out calling for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,
looking for my God.
4Those who hate me without reason
outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,
those who seek to destroy me.
I am forced to restore
what I did not steal.
5You, God, know my folly;
my guilt is not hidden from you.
6Lord, the Lord Almighty,
may those who hope in you
not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
may those who seek you
not be put to shame because of me.
7For I endure scorn for your sake,
and shame covers my face.
8I am a foreigner to my own family,
a stranger to my own mother’s children;
9for zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
10When I weep and fast,
I must endure scorn;
11when I put on sackcloth,
people make sport of me.
12Those who sit at the gate mock me,
and I am the song of the drunkards.
13But I pray to you, Lord,
in the time of your favor;
in your great love, O God,
answer me with your sure salvation.
14Rescue me from the mire,
do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
from the deep waters.
15Do not let the floodwaters engulf me
or the depths swallow me up
or the pit close its mouth over me.
16Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;
in your great mercy turn to me.
17Do not hide your face from your servant;
answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
18Come near and rescue me;
deliver me because of my foes.
19You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;
all my enemies are before you.
20Scorn has broken my heart
and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for comforters, but I found none.
21They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
22May the table set before them become a snare;
may it become retribution and69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become a trap.
23May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.
24Pour out your wrath on them;
let your fierce anger overtake them.
25May their place be deserted;
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute those you wound
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
27Charge them with crime upon crime;
do not let them share in your salvation.
28May they be blotted out of the book of life
and not be listed with the righteous.
29But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
may your salvation, God, protect me.
30I will praise God’s name in song
and glorify him with thanksgiving.
31This will please the Lord more than an ox,
more than a bull with its horns and hooves.
32The poor will see and be glad—
you who seek God, may your hearts live!
33The Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his captive people.
34Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and all that move in them,
35for God will save Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah.
Then people will settle there and possess it;
36the children of his servants will inherit it,
and those who love his name will dwell there.
Zaburi 69
Kilio Cha Kuomba Msaada Wakati Wa Dhiki
Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa “Yungiyungi.” Zaburi ya Daudi.
169:1 Za 42:7; 32:6; Yon 2:5Ee Mungu, niokoe,
kwa maana maji yamenifika shingoni.
269:2 Ay 30:19Ninazama kwenye vilindi vya matope,
pasipo mahali pa kukanyaga,
Nimefika kwenye maji makuu,
mafuriko yamenigharikisha.
369:3 Za 6:6; 119:82Nimechoka kwa kuomba msaada,
koo langu limekauka.
Macho yangu yanafifia,
nikimtafuta Mungu wangu.
469:4 Yn 15:25; Za 25:19; 35:19; 38:19; 40:14; 119:95; Isa 32:7Wale wanaonichukia bila sababu
ni wengi kuliko nywele za kichwa changu;
wengi ni adui kwangu bila sababu,
wale wanaotafuta kuniangamiza.
Ninalazimishwa kurudisha
kitu ambacho sikuiba.
569:5 Za 38:5; 44:21Ee Mungu, wewe unajua upumbavu wangu,
wala hatia yangu haikufichika kwako.
6Ee Bwana, ewe Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote,
wakutumainio wasiaibishwe
kwa ajili yangu;
wakutafutao wasifedheheshwe kwa ajili yangu,
Ee Mungu wa Israeli.
769:7 Yer 15:15; Za 39:8; 44:15Kwa maana nimestahimili dharau kwa ajili yako,
aibu imefunika uso wangu.
869:8 Ay 19:13-15; Za 31:11; 38:11; Isa 53:3; Yn 7:5Nimekuwa mgeni kwa ndugu zangu,
mgeni kwa wana wa mama yangu mwenyewe.
969:9 Yn 2:17; Rum 15:3; Za 89:50-51Kwa kuwa wivu wa nyumba yako unanila,
matukano ya wale wanaokutukana yameniangukia.
1069:10 Za 35:13Ninapolia na kufunga,
lazima nivumilie matusi.
1169:11 2Sam 3:31; Za 35:13Ninapovaa nguo ya gunia,
watu hunidharau.
1269:12 Mwa 18:1; 23:10; Ay 30:9Wale wanaoketi mlangoni wananisimanga,
nimekuwa wimbo wa walevi.
1369:13 Isa 49:8; 2Kor 6:2; Za 17:7; 51:1Lakini Ee Bwana, ninakuomba,
kwa wakati ukupendezao;
katika upendo wako mkuu, Ee Mungu,
unijibu kwa wokovu wako wa hakika.
1469:14 Za 69:2; 144:7Uniokoe katika matope,
usiniache nizame;
niokoe na hao wanichukiao,
kutoka kwenye vilindi vya maji.
1569:15 Za 36:6; 68:22; Hes 21:33; Yer 22:2069:15 Za 28:1; 124:4, 5; Hes 16:33Usiache mafuriko yanigharikishe
au vilindi vinimeze,
au shimo lifumbe kinywa chake juu yangu.
1669:16 Za 63:3Ee Bwana, unijibu, kwa wema wa upendo wako;
kwa huruma zako nyingi unigeukie.
1769:17 Za 22:24; 143:7; 50:15; 66:14Usimfiche mtumishi wako uso wako,
uharakishe kunijibu, kwa sababu niko katika shida.
1869:18 Za 49:15Njoo karibu uniokoe,
nikomboe kwa sababu ya adui zangu.
1969:19 Za 22:6Unajua jinsi ninavyodharauliwa,
kufedheheshwa na kuaibishwa,
adui zangu wote unawajua.
2069:20 Ay 16:2; Isa 63:5; Za 142:4Dharau zimenivunja moyo
na nimekata tamaa,
nimetafuta wa kunihurumia, lakini sikumpata,
wa kunituliza, lakini sikumpata.
2169:21 Hes 6:3; Lk 23:36; Mt 27:34, 48; Mk 15:23, 36; Yn 19:28-30Waliweka nyongo katika chakula changu
na walinipa siki nilipokuwa na kiu.
2269:22 1Sam 28:9; Ay 18:10Meza iliyoandaliwa mbele yao na iwe mtego,
nayo iwe upatilizo na tanzi.
2369:23 Rum 11:9-10Macho yao yatiwe giza ili wasiweze kuona,
nayo migongo yao iinamishwe daima.
2469:24 Za 79:6; Yer 10:25Uwamwagie ghadhabu yako,
hasira yako kali na iwapate.
2569:25 Law 26:43; Mt 23:38; Mdo 1:20Mahali pao na pawe ukiwa,
wala asiwepo yeyote atakayeishi katika mahema yao.
2669:26 Ay 19:22; Zek 1:15Kwa kuwa wanawatesa wale uliowajeruhi,
na kuzungumza juu ya maumivu ya wale uliowaumiza.
2769:27 Neh 4:5; Za 109:14Walipize uovu juu ya uovu,
usiwaache washiriki katika wokovu wako.
2869:28 Kut 32:32-33; Lk 10:20; Eze 13:9Wafutwe kutoka kitabu cha uzima
na wasiorodheshwe pamoja na wenye haki.
2969:29 Za 20:1Mimi niko katika maumivu na dhiki;
Ee Mungu, wokovu wako na unihifadhi.
3069:30 Za 28:7; 34:3Nitalisifu jina la Mungu kwa wimbo,
nami nitamtukuza kwa kumtolea shukrani.
3169:31 Za 50:9-13; 51:16Hili litampendeza Bwana kuliko ngʼombe dume,
zaidi ya fahali akiwa na pembe na kwato zake.
3269:32 Za 34:2; 22:26Maskini wataona na kufurahi:
ninyi mnaomtafuta Mungu, mioyo yenu na iishi!
3369:33 Za 12:5Bwana huwasikia wahitaji
wala hadharau watu wake waliotekwa.
3469:34 Za 96:11; 98:7; Isa 44:23Mbingu na dunia zimsifu,
bahari na vyote viendavyo ndani yake,
3569:35 Oba 1:17; Ezr 9:9; Za 51:18kwa maana Mungu ataiokoa Sayuni
na kuijenga tena miji ya Yuda.
Kisha watu watafanya makao yao humo na kuimiliki,
3669:36 Za 25:13; 37:29watoto wa watumishi wake watairithi
na wale wote walipendao jina lake
wataishi humo.
