{"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/drb/psalms/69","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:25:48.351Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":69,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":68,"nextChapter":70,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":36},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath overwhelmed me. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee: "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up. "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise. "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs. "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live. "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners. "},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein. "},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance. "},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 69 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 69](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/69)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/69 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}