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Psalms, Psalm 69, verses 1-2, 2-21

¹ For the waters have^a Lit come to the soulthreatened my life.	1 Job 22:11 Psa 32:6 Psa 42:7 Psa 69:14 Psa 69:15 Jon 2:5
² Save me, O God,	2 Psa 40:2 Jon 2:3
² I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a^b Lit flowing streamflood overflows me.
³ I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.	3 Psa 6:6 Deu 28:32 Psa 38:10 Psa 119:82 Psa 119:123 Isa 38:14
⁴ Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would^c Or silencedestroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.	4 Psa 35:19 Joh 15:25 Psa 35:19 Psa 38:19 Psa 59:3 Psa 35:11 Jer 15:10
⁵ O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You.	5 Psa 38:5 Psa 44:21
⁶ May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord^d Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,	6 Sa2 12:14
⁷ Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face.	7 Jer 15:15 Psa 44:15 Isa 50:6 Jer 51:51
⁸ I have become estranged^e Lit tofrom my brothers And an alien to my mother’s sons.	8 Job 19:13-15 Psa 31:11 Psa 38:11
⁹ For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.	9 Psa 119:139 Joh 2:17 Psa 89:41 Psa 89:50 Rom 15:3
¹⁰ When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach.	10 Psa 35:13
¹¹ When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.	11 Ki1 20:31 Psa 35:13 Ki1 9:7 Job 17:6 Psa 44:14 Jer 24:9
¹² Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the^f Lit songssong of the drunkards.	12 Gen 19:1 Rut 4:1 Job 30:9
¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time; O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with^g Or the faithfulness of Your salvationYour saving truth.	13 Psa 32:6 Isa 49:8 Co2 6:2 Psa 51:1
¹⁴ Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from^h Lit those who hate memy foes and from theⁱ Lit deep places of waterdeep waters.	14 Psa 69:2 Psa 144:7 Psa 69:2
¹⁵ May the^j Lit streamflood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.	15 Psa 124:4 Psa 124:5 Num 16:33 Psa 28:1 Psa 141:7
¹⁶ Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,	16 Psa 63:3 Psa 109:21 Psa 51:1 Psa 106:45 Psa 25:16 Psa 86:16
¹⁷ And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.	17 Psa 27:9 Psa 102:2 Psa 143:7 Psa 31:9 Psa 66:14
¹⁸ Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies!	18 Sa2 4:9 Psa 26:11 Psa 49:15 Psa 119:134
¹⁹ You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are^k Or known to Youbefore You.	19 Psa 22:6 Psa 31:11
²⁰ Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none.	20 Jer 23:9 Psa 142:4 Isa 63:5 Job 16:2
²¹ They also gave me^l Or poisongall^m Or infor my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.	21 Deu 29:18 Mat 27:34 Mat 27:48 Mar 15:23 Mar 15:36 Luk 23:36 Joh 19:28-30


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