## Psalms Chapter 69

###### Psalms 69:1
[Psalms 69:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ׀עַֽל־שׁוֹשַׁנִּ֬ים לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, Of David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, for shoshanim [i.e., for Israel, who are like lilies among the thorns (the nations)], a psalm of David.


###### Psalms 69:2
[Psalms 69:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:2)

הוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נִי אֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֤י בָ֖אוּ מַ֣יִם עַד־נָֽפֶשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in to my soul.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Save me, O G d, for the waters [the nations] have come until my soul.


###### Psalms 69:3
[Psalms 69:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:3)

טָבַ֤עְתִּי**׀** בִּיוֵ֣ן מְ֭צוּלָה וְאֵ֣ין מׇעֳמָ֑ד בָּ֥אתִי בְמַעֲמַקֵּי־מַ֝֗יִם וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶת שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelms me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have sunk in the mire of the depths and there is no place to stand. I have come into the depths of the waters and the current has swept over me.


###### Psalms 69:4
[Psalms 69:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:4)

יָגַ֣עְתִּי בְקׇרְאִי֮ נִחַ֢ר גְּר֫וֹנִ֥י כָּל֥וּ עֵינַ֑י מְ֝יַחֵ֗ל לֵאלֹהָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am weary with my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for my God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have become wearied with calling out. My throat has become parched. My eyes have expired in hoping to my G d.


###### Psalms 69:5
[Psalms 69:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:5)

רַבּ֤וּ**׀** מִשַּׂעֲר֣וֹת רֹאשִׁי֮ שֹׂנְאַ֢י חִ֫נָּ֥ם עָצְמ֣וּ מַ֭צְמִיתַי אֹיְבַ֣י שֶׁ֑קֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־גָ֝זַ֗לְתִּי אָ֣ז אָשִֽׁיב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head: they who would destroy me are many, who hate me wrongfully.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
More than the hairs of my head are those who hate me for no cause. Those who would cut me off have grown strong, my foes [(for my not pursuing their)] falsehood. What I have not stolen from them, I [must] return [(to them as a bribe)].


###### Psalms 69:6
[Psalms 69:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:6)

אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ לְאִוַּלְתִּ֑י וְ֝אַשְׁמוֹתַ֗י מִמְּךָ֥ לֹֽא־נִכְחָֽדוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
What I took not away, that must I restore. O God, Thou knowst my folly; and my sins are not hid from Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O G d, You knew [the full extent of] my wrong, and my faults were not hidden from You.


###### Psalms 69:7
[Psalms 69:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:7)

אַל־יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ בִ֨י**׀** קֹוֶיךָ֮ אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִ֗ה צְבָ֫א֥וֹת אַל־יִכָּ֣לְמֽוּ בִ֣י מְבַקְשֶׁ֑יךָ אֱ֝לֹהֵ֗י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let not those who wait on Thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those who seek Thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let not those who hope in You, O my L rd G d, be ashamed because of me [(by seeing a "hoper" fall into the hands of his foes)]. Let not those who seek You be humiliated because of me, O G d of Israel.


###### Psalms 69:8
[Psalms 69:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:8)

כִּֽי־עָ֭לֶיךָ נָשָׂ֣אתִי חֶרְפָּ֑ה כִּסְּתָ֖ה כְלִמָּ֣ה פָנָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Because for Thy sake I have borne insult; confusion has covered my face.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For it is on Your behalf that I have borne shame, that humiliation has covered my face.


###### Psalms 69:9
[Psalms 69:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:9)

מ֭וּזָר הָיִ֣יתִי לְאֶחָ֑י וְ֝נׇכְרִ֗י לִבְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother’s children.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have become a stranger to my brothers [(Esav)], a foreigner to the sons of my mother.


###### Psalms 69:10
[Psalms 69:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:10)

כִּֽי־קִנְאַ֣ת בֵּיתְךָ֣ אֲכָלָ֑תְנִי וְחֶרְפּ֥וֹת ח֝וֹרְפֶ֗יךָ נָפְל֥וּ עָלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the zeal of Thy house has eaten me up; and the taunts of those who taunt Thee are fallen upon me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For envy of Your house [(i.e., their envy of me because of the favor You showed them while the Temple stood)] devoured me, and the shame of Your shamers has rested upon me.


###### Psalms 69:11
[Psalms 69:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:11)

וָאֶבְכֶּ֣ה בַצּ֣וֹם נַפְשִׁ֑י וַתְּהִ֖י לַחֲרָפ֣וֹת לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that became a reproach to me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And my crying in my fasting has become a shame to me [(my foes mocking me because of it)].


###### Psalms 69:12
[Psalms 69:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:12)

וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה לְבוּשִׁ֣י שָׂ֑ק וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמָשָֽׁל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when I make my sackcloth my clothing [(in repentance)], I become a parable to them.


###### Psalms 69:13
[Psalms 69:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:13)

יָשִׂ֣יחוּ בִ֭י יֹ֣שְׁבֵי שָׁ֑עַר וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹת שׁוֹתֵ֥י שֵׁכָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They who sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of drunkards.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The sitters in the gates [(the judges)] talk about me, and I have become the song of the drinkers of strong drink.


###### Psalms 69:14
[Psalms 69:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:14)

וַאֲנִ֤י תְפִלָּֽתִי־לְךָ֨**׀** יְהֹוָ֡ה עֵ֤ת רָצ֗וֹן אֱלֹהִ֥ים בְּרׇב־חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ עֲ֝נֵ֗נִי בֶּאֱמֶ֥ת יִשְׁעֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But as for me, let my prayer be to Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the greatness of Thy steadfast love hear me, in the truth of Thy salvation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As for me, let [the time of] my prayer before You, O L rd, be a time of acceptance. O G d, in the abundance of Your lovingkindness, answer me with a true [(enduring)] salvation.


###### Psalms 69:15
[Psalms 69:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:15)

הַצִּילֵ֣נִי מִ֭טִּיט וְאַל־אֶטְבָּ֑עָה אִנָּצְלָ֥ה מִ֝שֹּׂנְאַ֗י וּמִמַּ֖עֲמַקֵּי־מָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Rescue me from the mire [(the exile)] and let me not sink. Let me be saved from my foes and from the watery depths.


###### Psalms 69:16
[Psalms 69:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:16)

אַל־תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤נִי**׀** שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת מַ֭יִם וְאַל־תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִי מְצוּלָ֑ה וְאַל־תֶּאְטַר־עָלַ֖י בְּאֵ֣ר פִּֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, nor let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let the current not sweep me away, and let the depths not swallow me, and let the well [(this strange affliction)] not close its mouth over me [(to swallow me)].


###### Psalms 69:17
[Psalms 69:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:17)

עֲנֵ֣נִי יְ֭הֹוָה כִּי־ט֣וֹב חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ כְּרֹ֥ב רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ פְּנֵ֣ה אֵלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear me, O Lord; for Thy love is good: turn towards me according to the multitude of Thy compassion.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Answer me, O L rd, for Your lovingkindness is good. In the abundance of Your mercies, turn to me.


###### Psalms 69:18
[Psalms 69:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:18)

וְאַל־תַּסְתֵּ֣ר פָּ֭נֶיךָ מֵעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּי־צַר־לִ֝֗י מַהֵ֥ר עֲנֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And hide not Thy face from Thy servant; for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And do not conceal Your countenance from Your servant. Because affliction has overtaken me, be quick to answer me.


###### Psalms 69:19
[Psalms 69:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:19)

קׇרְבָ֣ה אֶל־נַפְשִׁ֣י גְאָלָ֑הּ לְמַ֖עַן אֹיְבַ֣י פְּדֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Draw near to my soul, and redeem it: ransom me because of my enemies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Draw near to my soul; redeem it. For the sake of [(gainsaying)] my enemies, redeem me.


###### Psalms 69:20
[Psalms 69:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:20)

אַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֗עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתִ֣י וּ֭בׇשְׁתִּי וּכְלִמָּתִ֑י נֶ֝גְדְּךָ֗ כׇּל־צוֹרְרָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou knowst my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: my adversaries are all before Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You know my shame, and my embarrassment, and my humiliation. All of my oppressors are before You.


###### Psalms 69:21
[Psalms 69:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:21)

חֶרְפָּ֤ה**׀** שָׁ֥בְרָ֥ה לִבִּ֗י וָאָ֫נ֥וּשָׁה וָאֲקַוֶּ֣ה לָנ֣וּד וָאַ֑יִן וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗ים וְלֹ֣א מָצָֽאתִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Insult has broken my heart; and I am sick: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Shame has broken my heart and I have become mortally ill. I look for one who would nod [(his head to me in consolation)], and there is none; [I look] for consolers, and I cannot find any.


###### Psalms 69:22
[Psalms 69:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:22)

וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ בְּבָרוּתִ֣י רֹ֑אשׁ וְ֝לִצְמָאִ֗י יַשְׁק֥וּנִי חֹֽמֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they gave me poison in my food; and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they give me gall for my fare and make me drink vinegar for my thirst.


###### Psalms 69:23
[Psalms 69:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:23)

יְהִי־שֻׁלְחָנָ֣ם לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם לְפָ֑ח וְלִשְׁלוֹמִ֥ים לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let their table become a snare before them: and when they are at peace, let it be a trap.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let their table be a trap before them, and their [hoped-for] peace, a snare.


###### Psalms 69:24
[Psalms 69:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:24)

תֶּחְשַׁ֣כְנָה עֵ֭ינֵיהֶם מֵרְא֑וֹת וּ֝מׇתְנֵיהֶ֗ם תָּמִ֥יד הַמְעַֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let their eyes be darkened from sight, and let their thighs always slip.


###### Psalms 69:25
[Psalms 69:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:25)

שְׁפׇךְ־עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם זַעְמֶ֑ךָ וַחֲר֥וֹן אַ֝פְּךָ֗ יַשִּׂיגֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Pour out Thy indignation upon them, and let Thy fierce anger overtake them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Spill Your ire upon them, and let the fury of Your wrath overtake them.


###### Psalms 69:26
[Psalms 69:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:26)

תְּהִי־טִירָתָ֥ם נְשַׁמָּ֑ה בְּ֝אׇהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם אַל־יְהִ֥י יֹשֵֽׁב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let their habitation be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let their towers be desolate. In their tents let there be no dweller.


###### Psalms 69:27
[Psalms 69:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:27)

כִּי־אַתָּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־הִכִּ֣יתָ רָדָ֑פוּ וְאֶל־מַכְא֖וֹב חֲלָלֶ֣יךָ יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten; and they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For [this people, which] You have smitten, they have pursued [(Zechariah 1:15): "I was wrathful [against My people] but a little, and they [the nations] abetted the evil."], and they converse [i.e., take counsel with each other to worsen] the pain of Your wounded.


###### Psalms 69:28
[Psalms 69:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:28)

תְּֽנָה־עָ֭וֺן עַל־עֲוֺנָ֑ם וְאַל־יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not be admitted to Thy vindication.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Add transgression to their transgression, and let them not enter into Your righteousness.


###### Psalms 69:29
[Psalms 69:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:29)

יִ֭מָּחֽוּ מִסֵּ֣פֶר חַיִּ֑ים וְעִ֥ם צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים אַל־יִכָּתֵֽבוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let them be erased from the book of life, and let them not be inscribed with the righteous.


###### Psalms 69:30
[Psalms 69:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:30)

וַ֭אֲנִי עָנִ֣י וְכוֹאֵ֑ב יְשׁוּעָתְךָ֖ אֱלֹהִ֣ים תְּשַׂגְּבֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I am afflicted and in pain: let thy salvation, O God, set me on high.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I, afflicted and [smarting] in pain, let Your salvation, O G d, uplift me.


###### Psalms 69:31
[Psalms 69:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:31)

אֲהַלְלָ֣ה שֵׁם־אֱלֹהִ֣ים בְּשִׁ֑יר וַאֲגַדְּלֶ֥נּוּ בְתוֹדָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will praise the name of G d in song and exalt it in thankfulness.


###### Psalms 69:32
[Psalms 69:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:32)

וְתִיטַ֣ב לַ֭יהֹוָה מִשּׁ֥וֹר פָּ֗ר מַקְרִ֥ן מַפְרִֽיס׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall please the Lord better than an ox or a bullock that has horns and hoofs.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And this will be better in the eyes of the L rd than the young bull [(sacrificed by Adam)], horning and hooving [(Its horns preceded its hooves when it rose from the earth in creation)].


###### Psalms 69:33
[Psalms 69:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:33)

רָא֣וּ עֲנָוִ֣ים יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ דֹּרְשֵׁ֥י אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים וִיחִ֥י לְבַבְכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The humble shall see this, and be glad: and let your hearts revive, you who seek God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When the humble see [(my salvation)], they will rejoice, [and when] the seekers of G d [see it], their hearts shall live.


###### Psalms 69:34
[Psalms 69:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:34)

כִּי־שֹׁמֵ֣עַ אֶל־אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים יְהֹוָ֑ה וְאֶת־אֲ֝סִירָ֗יו לֹ֣א בָזָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the Lord hears the poor, and despises not his prisoners.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For [they will see that] the L rd gives ear to the poor ones and does not despise His imprisoned ones.


###### Psalms 69:35
[Psalms 69:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:35)

יְֽ֭הַלְלוּהוּ שָׁמַ֣יִם וָאָ֑רֶץ יַ֝מִּ֗ים וְֽכׇל־רֹמֵ֥שׂ בָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves therein.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Heaven and earth will praise Him, the seas and all that creep therein,


###### Psalms 69:36
[Psalms 69:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:36)

כִּ֤י אֱלֹהִ֨ים**׀** י֘וֹשִׁ֤יעַ צִיּ֗וֹן וְ֭יִבְנֶה עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ שָׁ֝֗ם וִירֵשֽׁוּהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For God will save Żiyyon, and will build the cities of Yehuda: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
when G d helps Zion and builds the cities of Judah and they sit therein and possess it.


###### Psalms 69:37
[Psalms 69:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/69:37)

וְזֶ֣רַע עֲ֭בָדָיו יִנְחָל֑וּהָ וְאֹהֲבֵ֥י שְׁ֝מ֗וֹ יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָֽהּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell there.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The seed of His servants [(the patriarchs)] will inherit it, and the lovers of His name will dwell therein.