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Psalms 69

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1Save me, God, For the waters have threatened my life. ✦ 2I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. ✦ 3I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God. ✦ 4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, those who oppose me with lies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore. ✦ 5¶God, You know my foolishness, And my guilt is not hidden from You. ✦ 6May those who wait for You not be ashamed because of me, Lord God of armies; May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel, ✦ 7Because for Your sake I have endured disgrace; Dishonor has covered my face. ✦ 8I have become estranged from my brothers, And a stranger to my mother’s sons. ✦ 9For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me. ✦ 10When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my disgrace. ✦ 11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb to them. ✦ 12Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me. ✦ 13¶But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, at an acceptable time; God, in the greatness of Your mercy, Answer me with Your saving truth. ✦ 14Rescue me from the mud and do not let me sink; May I be rescued from those who hate me, and from the depths of water. ✦ 15May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit close its mouth on me. ✦ 16¶Answer me, Lord, for Your mercy is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me, ✦ 17And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly. ✦ 18Come near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies! ✦ 19You know my disgrace, my shame, and my dishonor; All my enemies are known to You. ✦ 20¶Disgrace has broken my heart, and I am so sick. And I waited for sympathy, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none. ✦ 21They also gave me a bitter herb in my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. ✦ 22¶May their table before them become a snare; And when they are at peace, may it become a trap. ✦ 23May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their hips shake continually. ✦ 24Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them. ✦ 25May their camp be desolated; May there be none living in their tents. ✦ 26For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself struck, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded. ✦ 27Add guilt to their guilt, And may they not come into Your righteousness. ✦ 28May they be wiped out of the book of life, And may they not be recorded with the righteous. ✦ 29¶But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, God, set me safely on high. ✦ 30I will praise the name of God with song, And exalt Him with thanksgiving. ✦ 31And it will please the Lord better than an ox Or bull with horns and hoofs. ✦ 32The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive. ✦ 33For the Lord hears the needy, And does not despise those of His who are prisoners. ✦ 34¶Heaven and earth shall praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them. ✦ 35For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, So that they may live there and possess it. ✦ 36The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will live 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.

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

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

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  • 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

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