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Psalm 69 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

A Cry of Distress and Imprecation on Adversaries.

Psa 69:1

To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] “Lilies.” A Psalm of David.

Save me, O God,

For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck].

Psa 69:2

I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;

I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.

Psa 69:3

I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;

My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.

Psa 69:4

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;

Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully;

I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

Psa 69:5

O God, You know my folly;

My wrongs are not hidden from You.

Psa 69:6

Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be [fn]ashamed through me, O Lord [fn]GOD of hosts;

Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

Psa 69:7

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;

Confusion and dishonor have covered my face.

Psa 69:8

I have become estranged from my brothers

And an alien to my mother’s sons.

Psa 69:9

For zeal for Your house has consumed me,

And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

Psa 69:10

When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,

It became my reproach.

Psa 69:11

When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning],

I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.

Psa 69:12

They who sit in the [city’s] gate talk about me and mock me,

And I am the song of the drunkards.

Psa 69:13

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable and opportune time;

O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,

Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].

Psa 69:14

Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink;

Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.

Psa 69:15

Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me,

Nor the deep waters swallow me up,

Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.

Psa 69:16

Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is sweet and good and comforting;

According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.

Psa 69:17

Do not hide Your face from Your servant,

For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

Psa 69:18

Draw near to my soul and redeem it;

Ransom me because of my enemies [so that they do not delight in my distress].

Psa 69:19

You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor [how I am insulted];

My adversaries are all before You [each one fully known].

Psa 69:20

Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick.

I looked for sympathy, but there was none,

And for comforters, but I found none.

Psa 69:21

They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food,

And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psa 69:22

May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them];

And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], may it become a trap.

Psa 69:23

May their eyes be dimmed so that they cannot see,

And make their loins shake continually [in terror and weakness].

Psa 69:24

Pour out Your indignation on them,

And let [the fierceness of] Your burning anger overtake them.

Psa 69:25

May their encampment be desolate;

May no one dwell in their tents.

Psa 69:26

For they have persecuted him whom You have struck,

And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced and wounded.

Psa 69:27

Add [unforgiven] iniquity to their iniquity [in Your book],

And may they not come into Your [fn]righteousness.

Psa 69:28

May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]

And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).

Psa 69:29

But I am sorrowful and in pain;

May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high.

Psa 69:30

I will praise the name of God with song

And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

Psa 69:31

And it will please the LORD better than an ox

Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.

Psa 69:32

The humble have seen it and are glad;

You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live.

Psa 69:33

For the LORD hears the needy

And does not despise His who are prisoners.

Psa 69:34

Let heaven and earth praise Him,

The seas and everything that moves in them.

Psa 69:35

For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah,

That His servants may remain there and possess it.

Psa 69:36

The descendants of His servants will inherit it,

And those who love His name will dwell in it.

AMP Footnotes
I.e. have their expectations in Your goodness be disappointed.
Heb YHWH (Yahweh), usually rendered LORD.
I.e. be justified and acquitted by You.
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