Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Psa 69:1 |
For the choir director; according to [fn]Shoshannim. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God, For the waters have [fn]threatened my life. |
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Psa 69:2 |
I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a [fn]flood overflows me. |
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Psa 69:3 |
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God. |
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Psa 69:4 |
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would [fn]destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore. |
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Psa 69:5 |
O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You. |
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Psa 69:6 |
May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord [fn]GOD of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel, |
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Psa 69:7 |
Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face. |
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Psa 69:8 |
I have become estranged [fn]from my brothers And an alien to my mother's sons. |
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Psa 69:9 |
For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me. |
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Psa 69:10 |
When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach. |
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Psa 69:11 |
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. |
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Psa 69:12 |
Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the [fn]song of the drunkards. |
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Psa 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 [fn]Your saving truth. |
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Psa 69:14 |
Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from [fn]my foes and from the [fn]deep waters. |
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Psa 69:15 |
May the [fn]flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me. |
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Psa 69:16 |
Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me, |
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Psa 69:17 |
And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly. |
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Psa 69:18 |
Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies! |
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Psa 69:19 |
You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are [fn]before You. |
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Psa 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. |
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Psa 69:21 |
They also gave me [fn]gall [fn]for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. |
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Psa 69:22 |
May their table before them become a snare; And [fn]when they are in peace, may it become a trap. |
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Psa 69:23 |
May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually. |
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Psa 69:24 |
Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them. |
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Psa 69:25 |
May their [fn]camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents. |
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Psa 69:26 |
For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have [fn]wounded. |
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Psa 69:27 |
Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness. |
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Psa 69:28 |
May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be [fn]recorded with the righteous. |
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Psa 69:29 |
But I am afflicted and in pain; [fn]May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high. |
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Psa 69:30 |
I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving. |
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Psa 69:31 |
And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs. |
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Psa 69:32 |
The humble [fn]have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart [fn]revive. |
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Psa 69:33 |
For the LORD hears the needy And does not despise His who are prisoners. |
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Psa 69:34 |
Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them. |
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Psa 69:35 |
For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. |
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Psa 69:36 |
The [fn]descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (69:1) Or, possibly Lilies
- (69:1) Literally: come to the soul
- (69:2) Literally: flowing stream
- (69:4) Or, silence
- (69:6) Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
- (69:8) Literally: to
- (69:12) Literally: songs
- (69:13) Or, the faithfulness of Your salvation
- (69:14) Literally: those who hate me
- (69:14) Literally: deep places of water
- (69:15) Literally: stream
- (69:19) Or, known to You
- (69:21) Or, poison
- (69:21) Or, in
- (69:22) Literally: for those who are secure
- (69:25) Literally: encampment
- (69:26) Literally: pierced
- (69:28) Literally: written
- (69:29) Or, Your salvation, O God, will set...
- (69:32) Some mss and ancient versions read will see
- (69:32) Or, live
- (69:36) Literally: seed
