{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/69","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:19:56.185Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":69,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":68,"nextChapter":70,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":36},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; —"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They that sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"For Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"And the seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 69 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 69](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/69)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/69 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}