New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 69:1-13

1 1Save me, O God, For the 2waters have 3threatened my life.2I have sunk in deep 4mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a 5 6flood overflows me.3I am 7weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My 8eyes fail while I wait for my God.4Those 9who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would 10destroy me 11are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; 12What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

5O God, it is You who knows 13my folly, And 14my wrongs are not hidden from You.6May those who wait for You not 15be ashamed through me, O Lord 16God of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,7Because 17for Your sake I have borne reproach; 18Dishonor has covered my face.8I have become 19estranged 20from my brothers And an alien to my mother’s sons.9For 21zeal for Your house has consumed me, And 22the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.10When I wept 23in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach.11When I made 24sackcloth my clothing, I became 25a byword to them.12Those who 26sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the 27 28song of the drunkards.

13But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, 29at an acceptable time; O God, in the 30greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with 31Your saving truth.

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Notes

1. Psalms 69:1 Or possibly Lilies ↩
2. Psalms 69:1 Job 22:11; Ps 32:6; 42:7; 69:14, 15; Jon 2:5 ↩
3. Psalms 69:1 Lit come to the soul ↩
4. Psalms 69:2 Ps 40:2 ↩
5. Psalms 69:2 Lit flowing stream ↩
6. Psalms 69:2 Jon 2:3 ↩
7. Psalms 69:3 Ps 6:6 ↩
8. Psalms 69:3 Deut 28:32; Ps 38:10; 119:82, 123; Is 38:14 ↩
9. Psalms 69:4 Ps 35:19; John 15:25 ↩
10. Psalms 69:4 Or silence ↩
11. Psalms 69:4 Ps 35:19; 38:19; 59:3 ↩
12. Psalms 69:4 Ps 35:11; Jer 15:10 ↩
13. Psalms 69:5 Ps 38:5 ↩
14. Psalms 69:5 Ps 44:21 ↩
15. Psalms 69:6 2 Sam 12:14 ↩
16. Psalms 69:6 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
17. Psalms 69:7 Jer 15:15 ↩
18. Psalms 69:7 Ps 44:15; Is 50:6; Jer 51:51 ↩
19. Psalms 69:8 Job 19:13-15; Ps 31:11; 38:11 ↩
20. Psalms 69:8 Lit to ↩
21. Psalms 69:9 Ps 119:139; John 2:17 ↩
22. Psalms 69:9 Ps 89:41, 50; Rom 15:3 ↩
23. Psalms 69:10 Ps 35:13 ↩
24. Psalms 69:11 1 Kin 20:31; Ps 35:13 ↩
25. Psalms 69:11 1 Kin 9:7; Job 17:6; Ps 44:14; Jer 24:9 ↩
26. Psalms 69:12 Gen 19:1; Ruth 4:1 ↩
27. Psalms 69:12 Lit songs ↩
28. Psalms 69:12 Job 30:9 ↩
29. Psalms 69:13 Ps 32:6; Is 49:8; 2 Cor 6:2 ↩
30. Psalms 69:13 Ps 51:1 ↩
31. Psalms 69:13 Or the faithfulness of Your salvation ↩

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