A Cry of Distress and a Curse on Adversaries.
For the music director; according to Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.
69 Save me, God,
For the (A)waters have threatened my life.
2 I have sunk in deep (B)mud, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a (C)flood overflows me.
3 I am (D)weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My (E)eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 Those (F)who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me (G)are powerful, those who oppose me with lies;
(H)What I did not steal, I then have to restore.
5 God, You know (I)my foolishness,
And (J)my guilt is not hidden from You.
6 May those who wait for You not (K)be ashamed because of me, Lord God of armies;
May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel,
7 Because (L)for Your sake I have endured disgrace;
(M)Dishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become (N)estranged from my brothers,
And a stranger to my mother’s sons.
9 For (O)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And (P)the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.
10 When I wept (Q)in my soul with fasting,
It became my (R)disgrace.
11 When I made (S)sackcloth my clothing,
I became (T)a proverb to them.
12 Those who (U)sit in the gate talk about me,
And (V)songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, (W)at an acceptable time;
God, in the (X)greatness of Your mercy,
Answer me with Your saving truth.
14 Rescue me from the (Y)mud and do not let me sink;
May I be (Z)rescued from those who hate me, and from the (AA)depths of water.
15 May the (AB)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the (AC)pit close its mouth on me.
16 Answer me, Lord, for (AD)Your mercy is good;
(AE)According to the greatness of Your compassion, (AF)turn to me,
17 And (AG)do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am (AH)in distress; answer me quickly.
18 Come near to my soul and (AI)redeem it;
(AJ)Ransom me because of my enemies!
19 You know my (AK)disgrace, my shame, and my dishonor;
All my enemies are known to You.
20 Disgrace has (AL)broken my heart, and I am so sick.
And (AM)I waited for sympathy, but there was none;
And for (AN)comforters, but I found none.
21 They also gave me (AO)a bitter herb in my food,
And for my thirst they (AP)gave me vinegar to drink.
22 May (AQ)their table before them become a snare;
And (AR)when they are at peace, may it become a trap.
23 May their (AS)eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their (AT)hips shake continually.
24 (AU)Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
25 May their (AV)camp be desolated;
May there be none living in their tents.
26 For they have (AW)persecuted him whom (AX)You Yourself struck,
And they tell of the pain of those whom (AY)You have wounded.
27 Add (AZ)guilt to their guilt,
And (BA)may they not come into (BB)Your righteousness.
28 May they be (BC)wiped out of the (BD)book of life,
And may they not be (BE)recorded with the righteous.
29 But I am (BF)afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, God, (BG)set me safely on high.
30 I will (BH)praise the name of God with song,
And (BI)exalt Him with (BJ)thanksgiving.
31 And it will (BK)please the Lord better than an ox
Or bull with horns and hoofs.
32 The (BL)humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, (BM)let your heart revive.
33 For (BN)the Lord hears the needy,
And (BO)does not despise those of His who are prisoners.
34 (BP)Heaven and earth shall praise Him,
The seas and (BQ)everything that moves in them.
35 For God will (BR)save Zion and (BS)build the cities of Judah,
So that they may live there and (BT)possess it.
36 The (BU)descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name (BV)will live in it.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69 Title
- Psalm 69:1
- Psalm 69:2
- Psalm 69:4
- Psalm 69:6
- Psalm 69:8
- Psalm 69:13
- Psalm 69:15
- Psalm 69:19
- Psalm 69:21
- Psalm 69:22
- Psalm 69:25
- Psalm 69:26
- Psalm 69:28
- Psalm 69:29
- Psalm 69:32
- Psalm 69:32
- Psalm 69:36
Cross references
- Psalm 69:1 : Job 22:11; Ps 32:6; 42:7; 69:14, 15; Jon 2:5
- Psalm 69:2 : Ps 40:2
- Psalm 69:2 : Jon 2:3
- Psalm 69:3 : Ps 6:6
- Psalm 69:3 : Deut 28:32; Ps 38:10; 119:82, 123; Is 38:14
- Psalm 69:4 : Ps 35:19; John 15:25
- Psalm 69:4 : Ps 35:19; 38:19; 59:3
- Psalm 69:4 : Ps 35:11; Jer 15:10
- Psalm 69:5 : Ps 38:5
- Psalm 69:5 : Ps 44:21
- Psalm 69:6 : 2 Sam 12:14
- Psalm 69:7 : Jer 15:15
- Psalm 69:7 : Ps 44:15; Is 50:6; Jer 51:51
- Psalm 69:8 : Job 19:13-15; Ps 31:11; 38:11
- Psalm 69:9 : Ps 119:139; John 2:17
- Psalm 69:9 : Ps 89:41, 50; Rom 15:3
- Psalm 69:10 : Ps 35:13
- Psalm 69:10 : Heb 12:2
- Psalm 69:11 : 1 Kin 20:31; Ps 35:13
- Psalm 69:11 : 1 Kin 9:7; Job 17:6; Ps 44:14; Jer 24:9
- Psalm 69:12 : Gen 19:1; Ruth 4:1
- Psalm 69:12 : Job 30:9
- Psalm 69:13 : Ps 32:6; Is 49:8; 2 Cor 6:2
- Psalm 69:13 : Ps 51:1
- Psalm 69:14 : Ps 69:2
- Psalm 69:14 : Ps 144:7
- Psalm 69:14 : Ps 69:2
- Psalm 69:15 : Ps 124:4, 5
- Psalm 69:15 : Num 16:33; Ps 28:1; 141:7
- Psalm 69:16 : Ps 63:3; 109:21
- Psalm 69:16 : Ps 51:1; 106:45
- Psalm 69:16 : Ps 25:16; 86:16
- Psalm 69:17 : Ps 27:9; 102:2; 143:7
- Psalm 69:17 : Ps 31:9; 66:14
- Psalm 69:18 : 2 Sam 4:9; Ps 26:11; 49:15
- Psalm 69:18 : Ps 119:134
- Psalm 69:19 : Ps 22:6; 31:11
- Psalm 69:20 : Jer 23:9
- Psalm 69:20 : Ps 142:4; Is 63:5
- Psalm 69:20 : Job 16:2
- Psalm 69:21 : Deut 29:18
- Psalm 69:21 : Matt 27:34, 48; Mark 15:23, 36; Luke 23:36; John 19:28-30
- Psalm 69:22 : Rom 11:9, 10
- Psalm 69:22 : 1 Thess 5:3
- Psalm 69:23 : Is 6:10
- Psalm 69:23 : Dan 5:6
- Psalm 69:24 : Ps 79:6; Jer 10:25; Ezek 20:8; Hos 5:10
- Psalm 69:25 : Matt 23:38; Luke 13:35; Acts 1:20
- Psalm 69:26 : 2 Chr 28:9; Zech 1:15
- Psalm 69:26 : Is 53:4
- Psalm 69:26 : Ps 109:22
- Psalm 69:27 : Neh 4:5; Ps 109:14; Rom 1:28
- Psalm 69:27 : Is 26:10
- Psalm 69:27 : Ps 103:17
- Psalm 69:28 : Ex 32:32, 33; Rev 3:5
- Psalm 69:28 : Phil 4:3; Rev 13:8; 17:8; 20:15
- Psalm 69:28 : Ps 87:6; Ezek 13:9; Luke 10:20; Heb 12:23
- Psalm 69:29 : Ps 70:5
- Psalm 69:29 : Ps 20:1; 59:1
- Psalm 69:30 : Ps 28:7
- Psalm 69:30 : Ps 34:3
- Psalm 69:30 : Ps 50:14
- Psalm 69:31 : Ps 50:13, 14; 51:16
- Psalm 69:32 : Ps 34:2
- Psalm 69:32 : Ps 22:26
- Psalm 69:33 : Ps 12:5
- Psalm 69:33 : Ps 68:6
- Psalm 69:34 : Ps 96:11; 98:7; 148:1-13; Is 44:23; 49:13
- Psalm 69:34 : Is 55:12
- Psalm 69:35 : Ps 46:5; 51:18
- Psalm 69:35 : Ps 147:2; Is 44:26
- Psalm 69:35 : Obad 17
- Psalm 69:36 : Ps 25:13; 102:28
- Psalm 69:36 : Ps 37:29
