Psalm 69 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

An Urgent Plea for Help in Trouble

Psa 69:1To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.”[fn] A Psalm of David.

Save me, O God!
For the waters have come up to my neck.

Psa 69:2

Psa 69:2I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.

Psa 69:3

Psa 69:3I am weary with my crying;
My throat is dry;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Psa 69:4

Psa 69:4Those who hate me without a cause
Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.

Psa 69:5

Psa 69:5O God, You know my foolishness;
And my sins are not hidden from You.

Psa 69:6

Psa 69:6Let not those who wait for You, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

Psa 69:7

Psa 69:7Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.

Psa 69:8

Psa 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;

Psa 69:9

Psa 69:9Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

Psa 69:10

Psa 69:10When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.

Psa 69:11

Psa 69:11I also made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword to them.

Psa 69:12

Psa 69:12Those who sit in the gate speak against me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.

Psa 69:13

Psa 69:13But as for me, my prayer is to You,
O LORD, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

Psa 69:14

Psa 69:14Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.

Psa 69:15

Psa 69:15Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

Psa 69:16

Psa 69:16Hear me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good;
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.

Psa 69:17

Psa 69:17And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.

Psa 69:18

Psa 69:18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
Deliver me because of my enemies.

Psa 69:19

Psa 69:19You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
My adversaries are all before You.

Psa 69:20

Psa 69:20Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of heaviness;
I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for comforters, but I found none.

Psa 69:21

Psa 69:21They also gave me gall for my food,
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psa 69:22

Psa 69:22Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.

Psa 69:23

Psa 69:23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;
And make their loins shake continually.

Psa 69:24

Psa 69:24Pour out Your indignation upon them,
And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

Psa 69:25

Psa 69:25Let their dwelling place be desolate;
Let no one live in their tents.

Psa 69:26

Psa 69:26For they persecute the ones You have struck,
And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.

Psa 69:27

Psa 69:27Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And let them not come into Your righteousness.

Psa 69:28

Psa 69:28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
And not be written with the righteous.

Psa 69:29

Psa 69:29But I am poor and sorrowful;
Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Psa 69:30

Psa 69:30I will praise the name of God with a song,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

Psa 69:31

Psa 69:31This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bull,
Which has horns and hooves.

Psa 69:32

Psa 69:32The humble shall see this and be glad;
And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.

Psa 69:33

Psa 69:33For the LORD hears the poor,
And does not despise His prisoners.

Psa 69:34

Psa 69:34Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and everything that moves in them.

Psa 69:35

Psa 69:35For God will save Zion
And build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.

Psa 69:36

Psa 69:36Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it,
And those who love His name shall dwell in it.

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NKJV Footnotes

(69:1)

Hebrew Shoshannim

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