Psalm 69

Ψαλμοί

Psalm 70 in the Hebrew numbering, which most Western Bibles follow.

1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος· τῷ Δαυΐδ εἰς ἀνάμνησιν, εἰς τὸ σῶσαί με Κύριον.

(70) For the end, by David for a remembrance, that the Lord may save me. Draw near, O God, to my help.

2 Ο ΘΕΟΣ, εἰς τὴν βοήθειάν μου πρόσχες· Κύριε, εἰς τὸ βοηθῆσαί μοι σπεῦσον.

In the English, this verse is part of verse 1.

3 αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἐντραπήτωσαν οἱ ζητοῦντες τὴν ψυχήν μου· ἀποστραφήτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω καὶ καταισχυνθήτωσαν οἱ βουλόμενοί μου κακά·

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul: let them be turned backward and put to shame, that wish me evil. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

4 ἀποστραφήτωσαν παραυτίκα αἰσχυνόμενοι οἱ λέγοντές μοι· εὖγε εὖγε.

Let them that say to me, Aha, aha, be turned back and put to shame immediately. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

5 ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν καὶ εὐφρανθήτωσαν ἐπὶ σοὶ πάντες οἱ ζητοῦντές σε, ὁ Θεός, καὶ λεγέτωσαν διαπαντός· μεγαλυνθήτω ὁ Κύριος, οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸ σωτήριόν σου.

Let all that seek you exult and be glad in you: and let those that love your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

6 ἐγὼ δὲ πτωχός εἰμι καὶ πένης· ὁ Θεός, βοήθησόν μοι. βοηθός μου καὶ ρύστης μου εἶ σύ· Κύριε, μὴ χρονίσῃς.

But I am poor and needy; O God, help me: you are my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

Greek: the Septuagint as the Orthodox Media Network published it (Mount Athos); 2 Maccabees and the Prayer of Manasseh from Brenton's edition (1851). English: Brenton's translation (1851), its spelling updated by Michael Paul Johnson; public domain. About these texts.