Thematic Bible




Psalm 69:1 (show verse)

For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” Davidic.Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.

Psalm 69:2 (show verse)

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.

Psalm 69:3 (show verse)

I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalm 69:4 (show verse)

Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.
Though I did not steal, I must repay.

Psalm 69:5 (show verse)

God, You know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.

Psalm 69:6 (show verse)

Do not let those who put their hope in You
be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Hosts;
do not let those who seek You
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.

Psalm 69:7 (show verse)

For I have endured insults because of You,
and shame has covered my face.

Psalm 69:8 (show verse)

I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons

Psalm 69:9 (show verse)

because zeal for Your house has consumed me,
and the insults of those who insult You
have fallen on me.

Psalm 69:10 (show verse)

I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults.

Psalm 69:11 (show verse)

I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.

Psalm 69:12 (show verse)

Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me.

Psalm 69:13 (show verse)

But as for me, Lord,
my prayer to You is for a time of favor.
In Your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with Your sure salvation.

Psalm 69:14 (show verse)

Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep waters.
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Psalm 69:15 (show verse)

Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.

Psalm 69:16 (show verse)

Answer me, Lord,
for Your faithful love is good;
in keeping with Your great compassion,
turn to me.

Psalm 69:17 (show verse)

Don’t hide Your face from Your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly!
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Psalm 69:18 (show verse)

Draw near to me and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.
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Psalm 69:19 (show verse)

You know the insults I endure—
my shame and disgrace.
You are aware of all my adversaries.
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Psalm 69:20 (show verse)

Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.

Psalm 69:21 (show verse)

Instead, they gave me gall for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psalm 69:22 (show verse)

Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies.

Psalm 69:23 (show verse)

Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
and let their loins continually shake.

Psalm 69:24 (show verse)

Pour out Your rage on them,
and let Your burning anger overtake them.

Psalm 69:25 (show verse)

Make their fortification desolate;
may no one live in their tents.

Psalm 69:26 (show verse)

For they persecute the one You struck
and talk about the pain of those You wounded.

Psalm 69:27 (show verse)

Add guilt to their guilt;
do not let them share in Your righteousness.

Psalm 69:28 (show verse)

Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.

Psalm 69:29 (show verse)

But as for me—poor and in pain—
let Your salvation protect me, God.

Psalm 69:30 (show verse)

I will praise God’s name with song
and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 69:31 (show verse)

That will please Yahweh more than an ox,
more than a bull with horns and hooves.

Psalm 69:32 (show verse)

The humble will see it and rejoice.
You who seek God, take heart!

Psalm 69:33 (show verse)

For the Lord listens to the needy
and does not despise
His own 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 up the cities of Judah.
They will live there and possess it.
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Psalm 69:36 (show verse)

The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
and those who love His name will live in it.