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Psalm 69 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:1 - <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.> Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:2 - My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:3 - I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:5 - O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:7 - I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:8 - I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:9 - I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:10 - My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11 - When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:12 - I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:13 - But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:14 - Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16 - Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 - Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:18 - Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19 - You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:20 - My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:21 - They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 - Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:23 - Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:25 - Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:26 - Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:27 - Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:28 - Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29 - But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:30 - I will give praise to the name of God with a song; I will give glory to him for what he has done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:31 - This will be more pleasing to the Lord than an ox, or a young ox of full growth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32 - The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33 - For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34 - Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:35 - For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:36 - The seed of his servants will have their part in it, and there the lovers of his name will have rest.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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