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Psalms 69

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. ✦ 2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. ✦ 3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. ✦ 4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay. ✦ 5You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You. ✦ 6May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel. ✦ 7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face. ✦ 8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons, ✦ 9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. ✦ 10I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach. ✦ 11I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them. ✦ 12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards. ✦ 13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation. ✦ 14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. ✦ 15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me. ✦ 16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion. ✦ 17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! ✦ 18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes. ✦ 19You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You. ✦ 20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one. ✦ 21They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst. ✦ 22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap. ✦ 23May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. ✦ 24Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them. ✦ 25May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents. ✦ 26For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded. ✦ 27Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness. ✦ 28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous. ✦ 29But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God. ✦ 30I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving. ✦ 31And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. ✦ 32The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived! ✦ 33For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people. ✦ 34Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them. ✦ 35For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it. ✦ 36The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Matt 27 ·10Ps 109 ·10Ps 22 ·10Matt 26 ·9Ps 35 ·7Ps 69 ·7Ps 102 ·7Ps 40 ·7

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 69 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 69David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 69Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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