Psalm 69

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Psalm 69 – New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 69[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

  1. Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
  2. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
  3. I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
  4. Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
  5. You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.
  6. Lord, the Lord Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.
  7. For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.
  8. I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children;
  9. for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
  10. When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
  11. when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.
  12. Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
  13. But I pray to you, Lord, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
  14. Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
  15. Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.
  16. Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.
  17. Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
  18. Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes.
  19. You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.
  20. Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.
  21. They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
  22. May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and[b] a trap.
  23. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
  24. Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.
  25. May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
  26. For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
  27. Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.
  28. May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.
  29. But as for me, afflicted and in pain—may your salvation, God, protect me.
  30. I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.
  31. This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves.
  32. The poor will see and be glad—you who seek God, may your hearts live!
  33. The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
  34. Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,
  35. for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;
  36. the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.

Footnotes

a. Psalm 69:1 In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.
b. Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become

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Psalm 69 – King James Version (KJV)

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.

  1. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.
  2. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  3. I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  4. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: They that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: Then I restored that which I took not away.
  5. O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.
  6. Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: Let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
  7. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
  8. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children.
  9. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
  10. When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.
  11. I made sackcloth also my garment; And I became a proverb to them.
  12. They that sit in the gate speak against me; And I was the song of the drunkards.
  13. But as for me, my prayer Is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy Hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
  14. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
  15. Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, And let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
  16. Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: Turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
  17. And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in trouble: Hear me speedily.
  18. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Deliver me because of mine enemies.
  19. Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: Mine adversaries are all before thee.
  20. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
  21. They gave me also gall for my meat; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
  22. Let their table become a snare before them: And that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
  23. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; And make their loins continually to shake.
  24. Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
  25. Let their habitation be desolate; And let none dwell in their tents.
  26. For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
  27. Add iniquity unto their iniquity: And let them not come into thy righteousness.
  28. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous.
  29. But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
  30. I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
  31. This also shall please the LORD Better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
  32. The humble shall see this, and be glad: And your heart shall live that seek God.
  33. For the LORD heareth the poor, And despiseth not his prisoners.
  34. Let the heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
  35. For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: That they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
  36. The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: And they that love his name shall dwell therein.