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Psalms 69:5
5Those who hate me without a cause outnumber the hairs of my head. Powerful are my enemies who would destroy me with lies. What I did not steal, must I restore?
Psalms 69:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
- New International Version (NIV)You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.
Context of Psalms 69:5
3I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing, I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me. 4I am worn out by my crying, my throat is parched, my eyes fail, waiting for my God. Those who hate me without a cause outnumber the hairs of my head. Powerful are my enemies who would destroy me with lies. What I did not steal, must I restore? 6O God, You know my folly, nor are my trespasses hidden from You. 7May those who hope in You not be ashamed because of me, my Lord, Adonai-Tzva’ot. May those who seek You not be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:5 word by word
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ לְאִוַּלְתִּ֑י וְ֝אַשְׁמוֹתַ֗י מִמְּךָ֥ לֹא־נִכְחָֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 69:5
- Psalms 17:3You have examined my heart. You searched me at night. Though You test me, You find nothing. I resolved that my mouth will not sin.
- Psalms 19:12Moreover by them Your servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
- Psalms 44:20Yet You crushed us in a place of jackals, covered us with the shadow of death.
- Psalms 38:9I am numb and utterly crushed. I groan because of anguish in my heart.
- Jeremiah 16:17For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes.
Commentaries on Psalms 69:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thou knowest my foolishness - Though we have been brought into captivity in consequence of the crimes of our fathers, yet we have guilt enough of our own to merit a continuation of our miseries. How can such words as are in this verse be attributed to our blessed Lord, however they may be twisted or turned?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5O God, thou knowest my foolishness - The errors and follies of my life. Though conscious of innocence in this case - though he felt that his enemies hated him “without cause,” and that they took what belonged to him and not to them, yet he was not insensible to the fact that he was a sinner, and he was not unwilling to confess before God, that, however conscious of uprightness he might be in his dealings toward people, yet toward God, he was a sinful man…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The psalmist confesses his sins and prays that God’s response to him will encourage others in similar conditions to place their hope in the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. This may be regarded as an appeal, vindicating his innocence, as if he had said, "If sinful, thou knowest," &c. Though David's condition as a sufferer may typify Christ's, without requiring that a parallel be found in character.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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