Psalms 69
69
For the Music Director. To the melody of “Lilies.” A Psalm of David.
1Save me, O God!
For the waters have come up to my neck. # Ps 42:7; 69:14–15
2I sink in deep mire, # Ps 40:2
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood overflows me.
3I am weary with my crying; # Ps 6:6
my throat is parched;
my eyes grow dim # Ps 119:82
while I wait for my God.
4Those who hate me without cause # Ps 35:19; Jn 15:25
are more than the hairs of my head; # Ps 40:12
they are mighty
who would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully;
what I did not steal,
I must now restore.
5O God, You know my folly,
and my sins are not hidden from You.
6Let not those who wait on You,
O Lord God of Hosts,
be ashamed because of me;
let not those who seek You
be dishonored because of me,
O God of Israel,
7because for Your sake I have borne reproach; # Jer 15:15
shame has covered my face. # Ps 44:22
8I have become a stranger to my brothers,
and an alien to my mother’s children; # Ps 31:11; 38:11; Jn 1:11
9for zeal for Your house has consumed me, # Ps 119:139
and the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen upon me. # Ro 15:3
10When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, # Ps 35:13
it became my reproach.
11When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a proverb to them. # 1Ki 9:7; Jer 24:9
12Those who sit in the gate speak against me,
and I am the song of the drunkards.
13But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord,
at an acceptable time; O God,
in the abundance of Your mercy,
answer me in the truth of Your salvation. # Isa 49:8; 2Co 6:2
14Deliver 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. # Ps 144:7
15Let not the flood overflow me,
nor let the deep swallow me up;
and let not the pit close its mouth on me.
16Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; # Ps 63:3
turn to me according to the abundance of Your tender mercies. # Ps 25:16
17Hide not Your face from Your servant,
for I am in trouble; answer me quickly. # Ps 27:9; 102:2
18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
deliver me because of my enemies.
19You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; # Heb 12:2
my adversaries are all known to You.
20Reproach has broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none, # Isa 63:5
and for comforters, # Job 16:2 but I found none.
21They also gave me poison in my food,
and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. # Mt 27:34; Mk 15:23
22Let their table become a snare before them,
and let their peace be a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened so they do not see, # Isa 6:9–10
and make their loins tremble continually. # Da 5:6
24Pour out Your indignation upon them, # Ps 79:6; Hos 5:10
and let Your wrathful anger overtake them.
25Let their camp be desolate, # Mt 23:38
and let no one dwell in their tents. # Ac 1:20
26For they persecute him whom You have struck,
and they recount the pain of those whom You have wounded. # 2Ch 28:9; Isa 53:4; Zec 1:15
27Add guilt to their iniquity, # Ne 4:5
and let them not come into Your righteousness. # Isa 26:10
28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
and let them not be recorded with the righteous. # Eze 13:9; Lk 10:20
29But I am afflicted and in pain;
let Your salvation, O God, set me safely on high.
30I will praise the name of God with a song, # Ps 28:7
and will magnify Him with thanksgiving. # Ps 34:3
31This will please the Lord
more than an ox or bull with horns and hoofs. # Ps 50:13–14
32The humble shall see this and be glad; # Ps 34:2
and you who seek God, let your hearts revive. # Ps 22:26
33For the Lord hears the poor,
and does not despise His prisoners. # Ps 68:6
34Let heaven and earth praise Him,
the seas and everything that moves in them. # Ps 96:11; Isa 49:13
35For God will save Zion,
and will build the cities of Judah, # Ps 51:18; Isa 44:26
that they may dwell there and possess it.
36The descendants of His servants shall inherit it,
and those who love His name shall dwell in it. # Ps 37:29; 102:28
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