Thematic Bible

Psalm 69:1

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

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

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

Psalm 69:4

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

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

Psalm 69:6

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

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

Psalm 69:8

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

Psalm 69:9

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

Psalm 69:10

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

Psalm 69:11

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

Psalm 69:12

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

Psalm 69:13

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

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

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

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

Psalm 69:17

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

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

Psalm 69:19

You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are before You.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 69:20

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

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

Psalm 69:22

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

Psalm 69:23

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

Psalm 69:24

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

Psalm 69:25

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

Psalm 69:26

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

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

Psalm 69:28

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

Psalm 69:29

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

Psalm 69:30

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

Psalm 69:31

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

Psalm 69:32

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

Psalm 69:33

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

Psalm 69:34

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

Psalm 69:35

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

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