Psalm 69:1-9

A Cry of Distress and Imprecation on Adversaries.

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Save me, O God,
For the ^(A)waters have ^(b)threatened my life.

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I have sunk in deep ^(B)mire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a ^(c)^(C)flood overflows me.

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I am ^(D)weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My ^(E)eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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

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O God, it is You who knows ^(I)my folly,
And ^(J)my wrongs are not hidden from You.

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

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Because ^(L)for Your sake I have borne reproach;
^(M)Dishonor has covered my face.

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I have become ^(N)estranged ^(f)from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.

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

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 69:1: ['Or possibly ', Lilies]

b. Psalm 69:1: ['Lit ', come to the soul]

c. Psalm 69:2: ['Lit ', flowing stream]

d. Psalm 69:4: ['Or ', silence]

e. Psalm 69:6: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]

f. Psalm 69:8: ['Lit ', to]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 69:1: Job 22:11; Psalm 32:6; Psalm 42:7; Psalm 69:14; Psalm 69:15; Jonah 2:5

B. Psalm 69:2: Psalm 40:2

C. Psalm 69:2: Jonah 2:3

D. Psalm 69:3: Psalm 6:6

E. Psalm 69:3: Deuteronomy 28:32; Psalm 38:10; Psalm 119:82; Psalm 119:123; Isaiah 38:14

F. Psalm 69:4: Psalm 35:19; John 15:25

G. Psalm 69:4: Psalm 35:19; Psalm 38:19; Psalm 59:3

H. Psalm 69:4: Psalm 35:11; Jeremiah 15:10

I. Psalm 69:5: Psalm 38:5

J. Psalm 69:5: Psalm 44:21

K. Psalm 69:6: 2 Samuel 12:14

L. Psalm 69:7: Jeremiah 15:15

M. Psalm 69:7: Psalm 44:15; Isaiah 50:6; Jeremiah 51:51

N. Psalm 69:8: Job 19:13-15; Psalm 31:11; Psalm 38:11

O. Psalm 69:9: Psalm 119:139; John 2:17

P. Psalm 69:9: Psalm 89:41; Psalm 89:50; Romans 15:3