Skip to the text

Psalms · Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Psalm 68 (69) Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Leer en español
About LXXUP
  • Individual translator
  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 2020
  • Public domain

Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 69 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

1 For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. 2 Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul. 3 I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me. 4 I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; Mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God. 5 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: My enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: Then I restored that which I took not away. 6 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my transgressions are not hidden from thee. 7 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek thee, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel. 8 For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; Shame has covered my face. 9 I became strange to my brethren, And a stranger to my mother’s children. 10 For the zeal of thy house has eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 11 And I bowed down my soul with fasting, And that was made my reproach. 12 And I put on sackcloth for my covering; And I became a proverb to them. 13 They that sit in the gate talked against me, And they that drank wine sang against me. 14 But I [will cry] to thee, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, In the truth of thy salvation. 15 Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters. 16 Let not the waterflood drown me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; Neither let the well shut its mouth upon me. 17 Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: According to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me. 18 And turn not away thy face from thy servant; For I am afflicted: hear me speedily. 19 Draw nigh to my soul and redeem it: Deliver me because of mine enemies. 20 For thou knowest my reproach, And my shame, and my confusion; All that afflict me are before thee. 21 My soul has waited for reproach and misery; And I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; And for one to comfort me, but I found none. 22 They gave [me] also gall for my food, And made me drink vinegar for my thirst. 23 Let their table before them be for a snare, And for a recompense, and for a stumbling block. 24 Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; And bow down their back continually. 25 Pour out thy wrath upon them, And let the fury of thine anger take hold on them. 26 Let their habitation be made desolate; And let there be no inhabitant in their tents: 27 Because they persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; And they have added to the grief of my wounds. 28 Add iniquity to their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness. 29 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And let them not be written with the righteous. 30 I am poor and sorrowful; But the salvation of thy countenance has helped me. 31 I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise; 32 And [this] shall please God more than a young calf Having horns and hoofs. 33 Let the poor see and rejoice; Seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall live. 34 For the Lord hears the poor, And does not set at nought his fettered ones. 35 Let the heavens and the earth praise him, The sea, and all things moving in them. 36 For God will save Zion, And the cities of Judea shall be built; And [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it. 37 And the seed of his servants shall possess it, And they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Cross references (37)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in LXXUP.

  1. 1 Psalm 69:14–15; Isaiah 43:2; Lamentations 3:54; Revelation 12:15–16; Revelation 17:15
  2. 2 Psalm 69:14–15; Isaiah 43:2; Lamentations 3:54; Revelation 12:15–16; Revelation 17:15
  3. 3 Psalm 40:2; Matthew 7:25; Jeremiah 38:6; Psalm 32:6; Psalm 88:6–7
  4. 4 Psalm 6:6; Psalm 119:82; Psalm 119:123; Isaiah 38:14; Deuteronomy 28:32
  5. 5 Psalm 35:19; John 15:25; Psalm 109:3–5; Psalm 35:11–12; Isaiah 53:4–7
  6. 6 Psalm 38:9; Jeremiah 16:17; Psalm 19:12; Psalm 17:3; Psalm 44:20–21
  7. 7 Psalm 25:3; Psalm 35:26; Luke 24:19–21; Isaiah 49:23; Psalm 72:18
  8. 8 Isaiah 50:6; Psalm 44:22; Jeremiah 15:15; Hebrews 12:2; Isaiah 53:3
  9. 9 Psalm 31:11; John 7:5; John 1:11; Matthew 10:35–36; Psalm 38:11
  10. 10 Romans 15:3; John 2:14–17; Psalm 119:139; Mark 11:15–17; Psalm 89:41
  11. 11 Luke 7:33–34; Psalm 109:24–25; Psalm 102:8–9; Psalm 35:13
  12. 12 Job 17:6; 1 Kings 9:7; Jeremiah 24:9; Deuteronomy 28:37; Joel 1:8
  13. 13 Acts 4:26–27; Psalm 35:15–16; Matthew 27:41–42; Luke 23:2; Matthew 27:62–63
  14. 14 2 Corinthians 6:2; Isaiah 49:8; Psalm 55:16–17; Psalm 91:15; Isaiah 55:6
  15. 15 Psalm 144:7; Psalm 109:21; Jeremiah 38:6–13; Psalm 69:1–2; Lamentations 3:55
  16. 16 Revelation 12:15–16; Acts 2:24; Isaiah 43:1–2; Jonah 2:2–7; Psalm 16:10
  17. 17 Psalm 109:21; Psalm 25:16; Psalm 63:3; Micah 7:19; Psalm 106:45
  18. 18 Psalm 27:9; Psalm 102:2; Matthew 27:46; Psalm 143:9; Psalm 70:1
  19. 19 Psalm 111:9; Psalm 22:19; Psalm 22:1; Psalm 49:15; Psalm 10:1
  20. 20 Hebrews 12:2; Isaiah 53:3; 1 Peter 2:23; Psalm 38:9; Psalm 2:2–4
  21. 21 Isaiah 63:5; Job 16:2; Psalm 142:4; Mark 14:50; Matthew 26:56
  22. 22 Matthew 27:34; Luke 23:36; Mark 15:23; Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36
  23. 23 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Romans 11:8–10; 1 Peter 2:8; Isaiah 8:14–15; Proverbs 1:32
  24. 24 Daniel 5:6; Romans 11:10; Isaiah 6:9–10; 2 Corinthians 3:14; Jeremiah 30:6
  25. 25 Psalm 79:6; Hosea 5:10; Revelation 16:1; Luke 21:22; Deuteronomy 28:15–68
  26. 26 Acts 1:20; Matthew 23:38; Jeremiah 7:12–14; Isaiah 6:11; Luke 13:35
  27. 27 Isaiah 53:4; Zechariah 1:15; Mark 15:27–32; Isaiah 53:10; Zechariah 13:7
  28. 28 Isaiah 26:10; Nehemiah 4:5; Romans 1:28; Revelation 22:10–11; 2 Thessalonians 2:11–12
  29. 29 Exodus 32:32–33; Philippians 4:3; Luke 10:20; Ezekiel 13:9; Revelation 13:8
  30. 30 Psalm 91:14–16; Psalm 40:17; Psalm 70:5; Psalm 109:22; Philippians 2:9–11
  31. 31 Psalm 28:7; Psalm 34:3; Psalm 118:28–29; Psalm 40:1–3; Psalm 50:14
  32. 32 Hebrews 13:15; Psalm 50:13–14; 1 Peter 2:5; Ephesians 5:19–20; Psalm 50:23
  33. 33 John 16:22; Psalm 22:26; Isaiah 55:6–7; Psalm 34:2; Isaiah 61:1–3
  34. 34 Acts 5:18–19; Psalm 68:6; Zechariah 9:11–12; Revelation 2:10; Psalm 146:7
  35. 35 Isaiah 49:13; Psalm 150:6; Psalm 96:11; Isaiah 55:12; Psalm 148:1–14
  36. 36 Isaiah 44:26; Isaiah 46:13; Psalm 51:18; Obadiah 17; Psalm 48:11–13
  37. 37 Psalm 102:28; James 1:12; Acts 2:39; Psalm 37:29; John 14:23

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 69.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXVIII)

    Of this Psalm, the title seemeth not to need operose discussion: for simple and easy it appeareth. For thus it standeth: "For the end, for David himself a Psalm of a Song." But in many Psalms already we have reminded you what is "at the end: for the end of the Law is Christ for righteousness to every man believing:" …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 69:31 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters XLVI–LII)

    For, says the elect David, "I will confess unto the Lord; and that will please Him more than a young bullock that hath horns and hoofs. Let the poor see it, and be glad." And again he saith, "Offer unto God the sacrifice of praise, and pay thy vows unto the Most High.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 69:25 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter XII)

    Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein; and, His bishoprick let another take;" --thus leading to the completion of the apostles, according to the words spoken by David.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 69:32 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XIII, Chapters XX–XXI)

    For thus do men hear not with an intent to hear merely, but to act also. Seek the Lord, and your soul shall live, that the earth may bring forth the living soul.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  5. Quotes verse 69:21 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXXVI)

    … parted my garments," saith he, "among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots." And elsewhere again he saith, that they also offered Him vinegar; "For they gave me," saith He, "gall for my meat, and for my thirst they made me drink vinegar." So then the prophets, so many years before, speak of the hall of judgment, and …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)