1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David, in remembrance that the Lord had saved him. 2 O God, reach out to help me. O Lord, hasten to assist me. 3 May those who seek my soul be confounded and awed. 4 May those who wish evils upon me be turned back and blush with shame. May they be turned away immediately, blushing with shame, who say to me: “Well, well.” 5 Let all who seek you exult and rejoice in you, and let those who love your salvation forever say: “The Lord be magnified.” 6 I am truly destitute and poor. O God, assist me. You are my helper and my deliverer. O Lord, do not delay.
Psalms · Catholic Public Domain Version
Psalm 69 (70) Catholic Public Domain Version
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Notes on this text (4)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering, with the psalm titles counted as verse 1 (as in the Vulgate).
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Cross references (6)
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 CPDV.
- 1 Psalm 40:13–17; Psalm 143:7; Psalm 71:12; Psalm 69:18; Psalm 38:1
- 2 Psalm 40:13–17; Psalm 143:7; Psalm 71:12; Psalm 69:18; Psalm 38:1
- 3 Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:26; Isaiah 41:11; John 18:6; Psalm 71:13
- 4 Psalm 40:15; Proverbs 24:17–18; Acts 1:18; Ezekiel 25:3; Psalm 35:21
- 5 Psalm 40:16; Lamentations 3:25; Isaiah 61:10; Psalm 35:27; Isaiah 65:13–14
- 6 Psalm 40:17; Psalm 141:1; Revelation 22:20; Psalm 69:29; Hebrews 10:37
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: 70.
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).
We have been born into this world, and added to the people of God, at that period wherein already the herb from a grain of mustard seed hath spread out its branches; wherein already the leaven, which at first was contemptible, hath leavened three measures, that is, the whole round world repeopled by the three sons of Noe: for from …
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