Scripture Reading

Ps.69.13-Ps.69.28

Ps.69.13-Ps.69.28

Ps.69.13

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

Ps.69.13

And me? I pray. GOD, it's time for a break! God, answer in love! Answer with your sure salvation!

Ps.69.13

But I pray to you, O LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.

Ps.69.13

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

Ps.69.13

But I keep right on praying to you, LORD, hoping this is the time you will show me favor. In your unfailing love, O God, answer my prayer with your sure salvation.

Ps.69.14

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Ps.69.14

Rescue me from the swamp, Don't let me go under for good, Pull me out of the clutch of the enemy; This whirlpool is sucking me down.

Ps.69.14

Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.

Ps.69.14

Deliver me out of the mire, And let me not sink; Let me be delivered from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.

Ps.69.14

Pull me out of the mud; don't let me sink any deeper! Rescue me from those who hate me, and pull me from these deep waters.

Ps.69.15

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Ps.69.15

Don't let the swamp be my grave, the Black Hole Swallow me, its jaws clenched around me.

Ps.69.15

Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.

Ps.69.15

Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

Ps.69.15

Don't let the floods overwhelm me, or the deep waters swallow me, or the pit of death devour me.

Ps.69.16

Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Ps.69.16

Now answer me, GOD, because you love me; Let me see your great mercy full-face.

Ps.69.16

Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.

Ps.69.16

Hear me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.

Ps.69.16

Answer my prayers, O LORD, for your unfailing love is wonderful. Turn and take care of me, for your mercy is so plentiful.

Ps.69.17

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

Ps.69.17

Don't look the other way; your servant can't take it. I'm in trouble. Answer right now!

Ps.69.17

Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.

Ps.69.17

And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.

Ps.69.17

Don't hide from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in deep trouble!

Ps.69.18

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

Ps.69.18

Come close, God; get me out of here. Rescue me from this deathtrap.

Ps.69.18

Come near and rescue me; redeem me because of my foes.

Ps.69.18

Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies.

Ps.69.18

Come and rescue me; free me from all my enemies.

Ps.69.19

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

Ps.69.19

You know how they kick me around--Pin on me the donkey's ears, the dunce's cap.

Ps.69.19

You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.

Ps.69.19

You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are all before You.

Ps.69.19

You know the insults I endure--the humiliation and disgrace. You have seen all my enemies and know what they have said.

Ps.69.20

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Ps.69.20

I'm broken by their taunts, Flat on my face, reduced to a nothing. I looked in vain for one friendly face. Not one. I couldn't find one shoulder to cry on.

Ps.69.20

Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.

Ps.69.20

Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

Ps.69.20

Their insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. If only one person would show some pity; if only one would turn and comfort me.

Ps.69.21

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Ps.69.21

They put poison in my soup, Vinegar in my drink.

Ps.69.21

They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

Ps.69.21

They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Ps.69.21

But instead, they give me poison for food; they offer me sour wine to satisfy my thirst.

Ps.69.22

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

Ps.69.22

Let their supper be bait in a trap that snaps shut; May their best friends be trappers who'll skin them alive.

Ps.69.22

May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.

Ps.69.22

Let their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a trap.

Ps.69.22

Let the bountiful table set before them become a snare, and let their security become a trap.

Ps.69.23

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Ps.69.23

Make them become blind as bats, Give them the shakes from morning to night.

Ps.69.23

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

Ps.69.23

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; And make their loins shake continually.

Ps.69.23

Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see, and let their bodies grow weaker and weaker.

Ps.69.24

Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

Ps.69.24

Let them know what you think of them, Blast them with your red-hot anger.

Ps.69.24

Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.

Ps.69.24

Pour out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

Ps.69.24

Pour out your fury on them; consume them with your burning anger.

Ps.69.25

Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

Ps.69.25

Burn down their houses, Leave them desolate with nobody at home.

Ps.69.25

May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

Ps.69.25

Let their dwelling place be desolate; Let no one live in their tents.

Ps.69.25

May their homes become desolate and their tents be deserted.

Ps.69.26

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

Ps.69.26

They gossiped about the one you disciplined, Made up stories about anyone wounded by God.

Ps.69.26

For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.

Ps.69.26

For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.

Ps.69.26

To those you have punished, they add insult to injury; they scoff at the pain of those you have hurt.

Ps.69.27

Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Ps.69.27

Pile on the guilt, Don't let them off the hook.

Ps.69.27

Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.

Ps.69.27

Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your righteousness.

Ps.69.27

Pile their sins up high, and don't let them go free.

Ps.69.28

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Ps.69.28

Strike their names from the list of the living; No rock-carved honor for them among the righteous.

Ps.69.28

May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.

Ps.69.28

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous.

Ps.69.28

Erase their names from the Book of Life; don't let them be counted among the righteous.