Greek Psalm 68

They Gave Me Gall to Eat, and Vinegar for My Thirst

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68:1For the end. Concerning those who will be changed. Of David.

68:2Save me, God,

for waters have entered as far as my soul.

68:3I was stuck in the mud of the depth, with no firm ground;

I entered the sea’s depths, and a tempest drowned me.

68:4I grew weary crying out; my throat became hoarse;

my eyes failed from hoping in my God.

68:5More numerous than my head’s hairs became those hating me without cause;

my enemies pursuing me unjustly became strong.

What I did not plunder, I was then repaying.

68:6God, You knew my folly,

and my offenses were not concealed from You.

68:7May those waiting for You not be ashamed because of me,

Lord, Lord of powers;

may those seeking You not be embarrassed because of me,

God of Israel,

68:8for on Your account I endured reproach;

embarrassment covered my face.

68:9I became estranged from my brothers

and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

68:10for zeal for Your house devoured me,

and the reproaches of those reproaching You fell upon me.

68:11I bowed my soul down in fasting,

and it became a reproach to me.

68:12I made sackcloth my garment,

and became a proverb to them.

68:13Those sitting in the gate talked against me,

and wine-drinkers sang about me.

68:14But I, in my prayer, turn toward You, Lord;

a time of favor, God, in the abundance of Your mercy.

Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

68:15Save me from clay so that I may not become stuck;

may I be rescued from those hating me and from the depth of waters.

68:16Let no tempest of water drown me,

nor the depth swallow me;

let no well close its mouth over me.

68:17Hear me, Lord, for Your mercy is kind;

according to Your abundant compassions, look upon me.

68:18Do not turn Your face away from Your servant;

for I am afflicted, hear me quickly.

68:19Attend to my soul and redeem it;

because of my enemies, rescue me.

68:20For You know my reproach, shame and embarrassment;

all those afflicting me are before You.

68:21My soul expected reproach and misery;

I waited for someone to grieve with me, but there was none,

for comforters, but found none.

68:22They gave gall for my food,

and for my thirst made me drink sour wine.

68:23Let their table before them become a trap,

a repayment and a stumbling block.

68:24Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,

and bend their back down continually.

68:25Pour Your anger upon them;

may the fury of Your anger seize them.

68:26Let their homestead become deserted;

let no one dwell in their dwellings.

68:27For they persecuted the one You struck,

and added to the pain of Your wounded.

68:28Add lawlessness to their lawlessness,

and let them not enter Your righteousness.

68:29Let them be erased from the book of the living,

and let them not be written with the righteous.

68:30I am poor and in pain,

and the salvation of Your presence, God, supported me.

68:31I will praise God’s name with a song

and magnify Him in praise,

68:32and it will please God more than a young calf

bringing forth horns and hoofs.

68:33Let the poor see and rejoice;

seek God, and your soul will live,

68:34for the Lord heard the needy

and did not reduce His bound ones to nothing.

68:35Let the heavens and earth praise Him,

the sea and everything creeping in them.

68:36For God will save Zion,

and Judea’s cities will be built;

they will dwell there and inherit it.

68:37His servants’ offspring will possess it,

and those loving His name will dwell in it.

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