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70">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">A Cry for Help<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> </h3>1Save me, O God!The water is up to my neck;2I am sinking in deep mud,and there is no solid ground;I am out in deep water,and the waves are about to drown me.3I am worn out from calling for help,and my throat is aching.I have strained my eyes,looking for your help.4<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Those who hate me for no reasonare more numerous than the hairs of my head.My enemies tell lies against me;they are strong and want to kill me.They made me give back things I did not steal.5My sins, O God, are not hidden from you;you know how foolish I have been.6Don't let me bring shame on those who trust in you,Sovereign Lord Almighty!Don't let me bring disgrace to those who worship you,O God of Israel!7It is for your sake that I have been insultedand that I am covered with shame.8I am like a stranger to my relatives,like a foreigner to my family.9<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> My devotion to your Temple burns in me like a fire;the insults which are hurled at you fall on me.10I humble myself<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> by fasting,and people insult me;11I dress myself in clothes of mourning,and they laugh at me.12They talk about me in the streets,and drunkards make up songs about me.13But as for me, I will pray to you, Lord;answer me, God, at a time you choose.Answer me because of your great love,because you keep your promise to save.14Save me from sinking in the mud;keep me safe from my enemies,safe from the deep water.15Don't let the flood come over me;don't let me drown in the depthsor sink into the grave.16Answer me, Lord, in the goodness of your constant love;in your great compassion turn to me!17Don't hide yourself from your servant;I am in great trouble—answer me now!18Come to me and save me;rescue me from my enemies.19You know how I am insulted,how I am disgraced and dishonored;you see all my enemies.20Insults have broken my heart,and I am in despair.I had hoped for sympathy, but there was none;for comfort, but I found none.21<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> When I was hungry, they gave me poison;when I was thirsty, they offered me vinegar.22<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> May their banquets cause their ruin;may their sacred feasts cause their downfall.23Strike them with blindness!Make their backs always weak!24Pour out your anger on them;let your indignation overtake them.25<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> May their camps be left deserted;may no one be left alive in their tents.26They persecute those whom you have punished;they talk about the sufferings of those you have wounded.27Keep a record of all their sins;don't let them have any part in your salvation.28<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.69.28!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> May their names be erased from the book of the living;may they not be included in the list of your people.29But I am in pain and despair;lift me up, O God, and save me!30I will praise God with a song;I will proclaim his greatness by giving him thanks.31This will please the Lord more than offering him cattle,more than sacrificing a full-grown bull.32When the oppressed see this, they will be glad;those who worship God will be encouraged.33The Lord listens to those in needand does not forget his people in prison.34Praise God, O heaven and earth,seas and all creatures in them.35He will save Jerusalemand rebuild the towns of Judah.His people will live there and possess the land;36the descendants of his servants will inherit it,and those who love him will live there.<a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">By David.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">69.10: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">humble myself; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">cry.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition) © 1992 American Bible Society. 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