Psalms · 36 verses
Psalms 69
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A man who insists he stole nothing is nevertheless told to repay, while his fasting, sackcloth, and solemn lament are turned into public sport.
The waters rise, and the mockery rises with themvv. 1–12
The speaker is already sinking: into mire, deep water, exhaustion, and a search for God that has strained his eyes. His enemies are too many to count, and the charge against him has acquired the peculiar arithmetic of punishment: he must repay what he says he did not steal. His trouble is bound up with devotion; zeal for God's house has made him a stranger to his brothers, while fasting and sackcloth have supplied his tormentors with fresh material. Those at the gate mock him, and even drunkards have made a song of him—a remarkably low theatre for a lament.
A plea for rescue becomes a reckoningvv. 13–29
The prayer turns from describing the flood to demanding rescue from it: mire, depths, the Pit, foes, reproach, and the conspicuous absence of anyone willing to comfort him. Food has been poisoned with gall, thirst answered with vinegar, and the speaker's heartbreak now produces a list of reversals for those who persecute him. Their table is to become a snare; their place, deserted; their names, absent from the Book of Life. The chapter does not soften the request before returning to the speaker's own pain and distress.
From the Pit to songvv. 30–36
The speaker now promises praise, and the offering named is song with thanksgiving rather than an ox or a bull. The humble are expected to see and rejoice; God listens to the needy and does not despise captive people. The final vista widens beyond the individual struggle to heaven, earth, and the seas, then settles on Zion and the cities of Judah, where descendants of God's servants and those who love His name will dwell.
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Ps 69:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Ps 69:2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
Ps 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Ps 69:4Those 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.
Ps 69:5You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
Ps 69:6May 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.
Ps 69:7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
Ps 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
Ps 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
Ps 69:10I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
Ps 69:11I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
Ps 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
Ps 69:13But 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.
Ps 69:14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
Ps 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
Ps 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
Ps 69:17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
Ps 69:18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
Ps 69:19You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
Ps 69:20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
Ps 69:21They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
Ps 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
Ps 69:23May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
Ps 69:24Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
Ps 69:25May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
Ps 69:26For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
Ps 69:27Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.
Ps 69:28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
Ps 69:29But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.
Ps 69:30I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
Ps 69:31And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
Ps 69:32The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
Ps 69:33For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
Ps 69:34Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
Ps 69:35For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
Ps 69:36The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
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- 9Romans 15:3For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
- 132 Corinthians 6:2For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
- 21Matthew 27:34they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
- 13Isaiah 49:8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
- 9John 2:14–17In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
- 13Psalms 55:16–17But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
- 21Luke 23:36The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.
- 9Psalms 119:139My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
- 21Mark 15:23There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.
- 21Matthew 27:48One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
- 21Mark 15:36And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
- 34Isaiah 49:13Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
- 21John 19:28–30After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
- 25Acts 1:20“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
- 9Mark 11:15–17When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
- 1Psalms 69:14–15Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
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