Thematic Bible




Psalm 69:1 (show verse)

For the choir director; according to Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.
Save me, O God,
For the waters have threatened my life.

Psalm 69:2 (show verse)

I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

Psalm 69:3 (show verse)

I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Psalm 69:4 (show verse)

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

Psalm 69:5 (show verse)

O God, it is You who knows my folly,
And my wrongs are not hidden from You.

Psalm 69:6 (show verse)

May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

Psalm 69:7 (show verse)

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Dishonor has covered my face.

Psalm 69:8 (show verse)

I have become estranged from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.

Psalm 69:9 (show verse)

For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

Psalm 69:10 (show verse)

When I wept in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.

Psalm 69:11 (show verse)

When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.

Psalm 69:12 (show verse)

Those who sit in the gate talk about me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.

Psalm 69:13 (show verse)

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable time;
O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with Your saving truth.

Psalm 69:14 (show verse)

Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink;
May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 69:15 (show verse)

May the flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.

Psalm 69:16 (show verse)

Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,

Psalm 69:17 (show verse)

And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in distress; answer me quickly.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 69:18 (show verse)

Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies!
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 69:19 (show verse)

You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are before You.
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Psalm 69:20 (show verse)

Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

Psalm 69:21 (show verse)

They also gave me gall for my food
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psalm 69:22 (show verse)

May their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.

Psalm 69:23 (show verse)

May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually.

Psalm 69:24 (show verse)

Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.

Psalm 69:25 (show verse)

May their camp be desolate;
May none dwell in their tents.

Psalm 69:26 (show verse)

For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten,
And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.

Psalm 69:27 (show verse)

Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And may they not come into Your righteousness.

Psalm 69:28 (show verse)

May they be blotted out of the book of life
And may they not be recorded with the righteous.

Psalm 69:29 (show verse)

But I am afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.

Psalm 69:30 (show verse)

I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 69:31 (show verse)

And it will please the Lord better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.

Psalm 69:32 (show verse)

The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, let your heart revive.

Psalm 69:33 (show verse)

For the Lord hears the needy
And does not despise His who are prisoners.

Psalm 69:34 (show verse)

Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and everything that moves in them.

Psalm 69:35 (show verse)

For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 69:36 (show verse)

The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name will dwell in it.