{"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/kjv/psalms/69","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:24:33.642Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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, <i>A Psalm</i> of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto <i>my</i> soul."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I sink in deep mire, where <i>there is</i> no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I am weary of 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 destroy me, <i>being</i> mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored <i>that</i> 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, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, 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 reproached thee are fallen upon me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"When I wept, <i>and chastened</i> my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I <i>was</i> the song of the drunkards."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But as for me, my prayer <i>is</i> unto thee, O LORD, <i>in</i> an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear 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 overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness <i>is</i> good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Draw nigh unto my soul, <i>and</i> redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries <i>are</i> all before thee."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked <i>for some</i> to take pity, but <i>there was</i> 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 become a snare before them: and <i>that which should have been</i> for <i>their</i> welfare, <i>let it become</i> 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 thy wrathful anger take hold of them."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Let their habitation be desolate; <i>and</i> let none dwell in their tents."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For they persecute <i>him</i> whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief 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 the living, and not be written with the righteous."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"But I <i>am</i> 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":"<i>This</i> also shall please the LORD better than an ox <i>or</i> bullock that hath horns and hoofs."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"The humble shall see <i>this, and</i> be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell 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 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 69](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/69)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/69 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}