{"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/erv/psalms/69","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T06:35:14.476Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":69,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":68,"nextChapter":70,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":36},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician; set to 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 deep waters, where the floods overflow me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: 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 mine head: they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Let not them that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts: let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, 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 unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb unto 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, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, answer me in the truth of thy salvation."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Answer me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: 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 full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, let it become 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 overtake them."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Let their habitation be desolate; let none dwell in their tents."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they tell of 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 poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up 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 the LORD better than an ox, or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"The meek have seen it, and are glad: ye that seek after God, let your heart live."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"For the LORD heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 69 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 69](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/69)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/69 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}