Psalm 69:1-9

A Plea for Rescue

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Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.^(A)

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I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.^(B)

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I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.^(C)

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Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.^(D)
Though I did not steal, I must repay.^(E)

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God, You know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.^(F)

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Do not let those who put their hope in You
be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Hosts;
do not let those who seek You
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.^(G)

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For I have endured insults because of You,
and shame has covered my face.^(H)

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I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons^(I)

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because zeal for Your house has consumed me,^(J)
and the insults of those who insult You
have fallen on me.^(K)

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 69:1: Possibly a tune; Pss 45; 60; 80

Cross references:

A. Psalm 69:1: Job 22:11; Psalm 32:6; Jonah 2:5

B. Psalm 69:2: Psalm 40:2; Psalm 124:4; Jonah 2:3

C. Psalm 69:3: Psalm 6:6; Psalm 38:10; Psalm 119:82; Psalm 119:123

D. Psalm 69:4: Psalm 38:19

E. Psalm 69:4: Leviticus 6:2-5; Psalm 35:19; John 15:25

F. Psalm 69:5: Psalm 38:5; Psalm 44:21

G. Psalm 69:6: Psalm 25:2-3

H. Psalm 69:7: Psalm 44:15; Isaiah 50:6; Jeremiah 51:51

I. Psalm 69:8: Job 19:13-14; Psalm 31:11; Psalm 38:11

J. Psalm 69:9: John 2:17

K. Psalm 69:9: Psalm 89:50; Romans 15:3