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Psalm 69 Free Bible Version

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1 For the music director. To the tune “Lilies.” A psalm of David. God, please save me, because the water is up to my neck! 2 I'm sinking deeper into the mud—there's no solid ground for me to stand. I find myself in deep water; floods wash over me. 3 I'm so tired of screaming out for help my throat is totally raw. My eyes are worn out looking for my God to help me. 4 Those who hate me for no reason are more than the number of hairs on my head. Many enemies try to destroy me by telling lies. How can I give back what I didn't steal? 5 God, you know how foolish I am! My sins are not hidden from you. 6 Don't let those who trust you be ashamed because of me, Lord God Almighty. Don't let those who follow you be disgraced because of me, God of Israel. 7 For your sake I put up with the insults; my face shows my embarrassment. 8 I have become a foreigner to my brother Israelites; a stranger to my very own brothers. 9 My devotion for your house is burning me up inside; the insults of those who insulted you have fallen on me. 10 I wept and I fasted, but they mocked me; 11 I mourned in sackcloth, but they laughed at me. 12 People sitting by the town gate gossip about me. I'm the subject of rude songs sung by drunks. 13 But my prayer is to you, Lord, believing this is a good time to respond to me. God, in your wonderful trustworthy love, answer me with your sure salvation. 14 Please rescue me from the mud—don't let me sink! Save me from those who hate me and from drowning in the deep waters! 15 Don't let the flood waters wash over me. Don't let the deep waters pull me down. Don't let the grave close over me. 16 Please answer my prayers, Lord, for you are good and love me with your trustworthy love; because of your kindness, please help me. 17 Don't turn away from me, your servant. Please answer me quickly because I'm in trouble. 18 Come here and rescue me; set me free from my enemies. 19 You—you know my shame, my disgrace, my humiliation. You see everything my enemies are doing. 20 Insults have broken my heart—I am so sick there is no cure. I looked for some sympathy, but there was no one! Nobody showed me any compassion. 21 Instead they gave me bitter herbs to eat and vinegar to drink. 22 May the table set before them become a trap for them, a net that catches them, bringing punishment. 23 May their eyes become blind so they cannot see, and may their backs always be bent low in dejection. 24 Pour out your judgment on them; chase them down in your fierce anger. 25 Let the places where they live be deserted. Let their homes be abandoned. 26 For they persecute those you have punished, and make it even more painful for those you have disciplined. 27 Punish them for the evil they have done. Don't acquit them. 28 Blot out their names from the Book of Life. Don't let them be listed with those who do right. 29 But I am suffering and in physical pain. God, please save me and keep me safe. 30 I will praise God's character in song; I will say how incredible he is and how thankful I am. 31 The Lord is happier with this than with offering animals as sacrifices: cattle, or bulls with horns and hooves. 32 The humble will see this and be happy. May God encourage everyone who comes to him. 33 God hears the poor, and he does not ignore his people who are in prison. 34 Praise him heaven and earth, the seas and everything that lives in them! 35 For God will save Zion, and rebuild the cities of Judah. They will live there and own the land. 36 The descendants of those who follow him will inherit the land, and those who love him will live there.

Cross references (36)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

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

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)