Orthodox Jewish Bible

Tehillim 69:7-20 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

7. (8) Because for Thy sake I have borne cherpah; shame hath covered my face.

8. (9) I am become a stranger unto my achim, and a nochri (foreigner) unto the bnei immi (sons of my mother).

9. (10) For kinas Beitcha (zeal for Thy House) hath consumed me; and the cherpot of them that scorned Thee are fallen upon me [Yn 2:17].

10. (11) When I wept, and chastened my nefesh in the tzom (fast), that became my cherpot (reproaches).

11. (12) I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a mashal (byword) to them.

12. (13) They that sit [as judges] in the sha'ar (gate) speak against me; and I was the neginot (drinking songs) of the drunkards.

13. (14) But as for me, may my tefillah be unto Thee, Hashem, in an et ratzon (acceptable time, time of favor); O Elohim, in the multitude of Thy chesed hear me, in the emes of Thy salvation.

14. (15) Save me out of the teet (mire, clay, soil) and let me not sink; let me be saved from them that hate me, and out of the depths of the mayim.

15. (16) Let not the floodwaters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the be'er (pit) shut her mouth upon me.

16. (17) Hear me, Hashem, for Thy chesed is tov; turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy rachamim;

17. (18) And hide not Thy face from Thy eved; for I am in tzoros. Hear me speedily.

18. (19) Draw near unto my nefesh, and make the go'el redemption of it; deliver me because of mine oyevim (enemies).

19. (20) Thou hast known the cherpah (scorn) I bear, and my shame, and my dishonor; mine adversaries are all before Thee.

20. (21) Reproach hath broken my lev; and I have sickness as unto death; and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for menachamim (comforters), but I found none.