Psalms 69 (NET)

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Psalms 69:1¹Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 43:2 Ps 69:14-15 Lam 3:54 Jonah 2:3-5 Ps 42:7 Ps 69:2 Rev 12:15-16 Rev 17:15 Ps 18:4 Ps 32:6

Psalms 69:2²I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 40:2 Matt 7:25 Jer 38:6 Ps 32:6 Ps 88:6-7 Jer 38:22 Gen 7:17-23 Matt 26:37-38

Psalms 69:3³I am exhausted from shouting for help. My throat is sore; my eyes grow tired from looking for my God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 6:6 Isa 38:14 Ps 119:123 Ps 119:82 Deut 28:32 Ps 25:21 Heb 5:7 Job 11:20 Job 16:16 John 19:28

Psalms 69:4⁴Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 15:25 Ps 35:19 Ps 109:3-5 Ps 35:11-12 2 Cor 5:21 Isa 53:4-7 Ps 38:19-20 Ps 40:12 Ps 7:3-5 1 Pet 2:22

Psalms 69:5⁵O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 38:9 Jer 16:17 Ps 17:3 Ps 19:12 Ps 38:5 Ps 44:20-21

Psalms 69:6⁶Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies. Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 25:3 Ps 35:26 Luke 24:19-21 Isa 49:23 Ps 72:18 Ps 7:7 2 Sam 23:3 Acts 13:23 Acts 13:17 Acts 4:7

Psalms 69:7⁷For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 50:6 Jer 15:15 Ps 44:22 Heb 12:2 Isa 53:3 John 15:21-24 Luke 23:11 Luke 23:35-37 Matt 26:67-68 Matt 27:29-30

Psalms 69:8⁸My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 31:11 John 1:11 John 7:5 Matt 10:35-36 Matt 26:70-74 Mic 7:5-6 Ps 38:11 1 Sam 17:28 Isa 53:3 Job 19:13-19

Psalms 69:9⁹Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 15:3 John 2:14-17 Ps 119:139 Mark 11:15-17 1 Kgs 19:10 Ps 89:41 Ps 89:50-51 1 Chr 29:3 1 Chr 15:27-29

Psalms 69:10¹⁰I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 7:33-34 Ps 102:8-9 Ps 109:24-25 Ps 35:13

Psalms 69:11¹¹I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 9:7 Jer 24:9 Job 17:6 Deut 28:37 Isa 20:2 Isa 22:12 Joel 1:8 Ps 35:13-14 Ps 44:13-14 Joel 1:13

Psalms 69:12¹²Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 4:26-27 Ps 35:15-16 Matt 27:41-42 Dan 5:2-4 Dan 5:23 Deut 16:18 Gen 19:1 Job 30:8-9 Luke 23:2 Mark 15:17-19

Psalms 69:13¹³O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me. O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:2 Isa 49:8 Ps 55:16-17 Ps 91:15 Isa 55:6 Ps 40:10-11 1 Pet 2:23 1 Sam 25:8 Gen 24:27 Heb 5:7

Psalms 69:14¹⁴Rescue me from the mud. Don’t let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 144:7 Jer 38:6-13 Ps 109:21 Ps 69:1-2 Lam 3:55 Luke 19:14 Luke 19:27 Mark 14:34-42 Mark 15:34 Ps 109:3

Psalms 69:15¹⁵Don’t let the current overpower me. Don’t let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the Pit devour me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 12:15-16 Acts 2:24 Isa 43:1-2 Jonah 2:2-7 Ps 16:10 Acts 2:31 Num 16:33-34 Ps 124:4-5 Ps 88:4-6 Matt 12:40

Psalms 69:16¹⁶Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good. Because of your great compassion, turn toward me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 109:21 Ps 25:16 Ps 63:3 Mic 7:19 Ps 106:45 Ps 26:11 Ps 69:13 Ps 51:1 Ps 86:15-16 Isa 63:7

Psalms 69:17¹⁷Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble. Answer me right away.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 27:9 Ps 102:2 Matt 27:46 Ps 143:9 Ps 70:1 Ps 13:1 Ps 44:24 Ps 66:14 Matt 26:38 Ps 143:7

Psalms 69:18¹⁸Come near me and redeem me. Because of my enemies, rescue me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 111:9 Ps 22:1 Ps 22:19 Ps 49:15 Deut 32:27 Jer 14:8 Job 6:23 Josh 7:9 Ps 10:1 Ps 31:5

Psalms 69:19¹⁹You know how I am insulted, humiliated, and disgraced; you can see all my enemies.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 12:2 Isa 53:3 1 Pet 2:23 Ps 2:2-4 Ps 38:9 John 8:49 Ps 69:7-9 Ps 22:6-7

Psalms 69:20²⁰Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 63:5 Job 16:2 Ps 142:4 Mark 14:50 Matt 26:56 2 Tim 4:16-17 John 12:27 John 16:32 Heb 11:36 Job 19:21-22

Psalms 69:21²¹They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 27:34 Luke 23:36 Mark 15:23 Matt 27:48 Mark 15:36 John 19:28-30 Jer 9:15 Jer 8:14 Deut 29:18 Jer 23:15

Psalms 69:22²²May their dining table become a trap before them. May it be a snare for that group of friends.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:3 Rom 11:8-10 1 Pet 2:8 Isa 8:14-15 Prov 1:32 Mal 2:2

Psalms 69:23²³May their eyes be blinded. Make them shake violently.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 5:6 Rom 11:10 Isa 6:9-10 2 Cor 3:14 Acts 28:26-27 Isa 21:3-4 Jer 30:6 Deut 28:65-67 Isa 29:9-10 John 12:39-40

Psalms 69:24²⁴Pour out your judgment on them. May your raging anger overtake them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 79:6 Hos 5:10 Rev 16:1 Luke 21:22 1 Thess 2:15-16 Deut 28:15-68 Deut 29:18-28 Deut 31:17 Deut 32:20-26 Exod 15:15

Psalms 69:25²⁵May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 1:20 Matt 23:38 Jer 7:12-14 Isa 6:11 Luke 13:35 1 Kgs 9:8 Matt 24:1-2 Isa 5:1

Psalms 69:26²⁶For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 53:4 Mark 15:27-32 Zech 1:15 Isa 53:10 1 Thess 2:15 2 Chr 28:9 Zech 13:7 Job 19:21-22 Ps 109:16

Psalms 69:27²⁷Hold them accountable for all their sins. Do not vindicate them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 26:10 Neh 4:5 Rom 1:28 Rev 22:10-11 2 Thess 2:11-12 2 Tim 4:14 Rom 10:2-3 Exod 8:15 Exod 8:32 Exod 9:12

Psalms 69:28²⁸May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living. Do not let their names be listed with the godly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 32:32-33 Luke 10:20 Phil 4:3 Ezek 13:9 Rev 13:8 Rev 20:12-15 Heb 12:23 Rev 22:19 Rev 3:5 Isa 65:16

Psalms 69:29²⁹I am oppressed and suffering. O God, deliver and protect me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 91:14-16 Ps 40:17 Ps 109:22 Ps 70:5 2 Cor 8:9 Eph 1:21-22 Isa 53:2-3 Phil 2:9-11 Ps 18:48 Ps 20:1

Psalms 69:30³⁰I will sing praises to God’s name. I will magnify him as I give him thanks.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 28:7 Ps 118:28-29 Ps 34:3 Ps 40:1-3 Ps 118:21 Ps 50:14

Psalms 69:31³¹That will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hooves.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 13:15 Ps 50:13-14 1 Pet 2:5 Eph 5:19-20 Ps 50:23 Hos 14:2

Psalms 69:32³²The oppressed look on—let them rejoice. You who seek God, may you be encouraged.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 16:22 Ps 22:26 Isa 55:6-7 Isa 61:1-3 Ps 34:2 Ps 25:9 John 20:20 Ps 22:29

Psalms 69:33³³For the Lord listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 5:18-19 Ps 68:6 Zech 9:11-12 Rev 2:10 Luke 4:18 Ps 146:7 Eph 3:1 Ps 12:5 Acts 12:4-11 Ps 10:17

Psalms 69:34³⁴Let the heavens and the earth praise him, along with the seas and everything that swims in them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 49:13 Ps 150:6 Ps 96:11 Isa 55:12 Isa 44:22-23 Ps 148:1-14 Ps 98:7-8 Rev 7:11-13 Gen 1:20

Psalms 69:35³⁵For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 44:26 Ps 51:18 Isa 46:13 Obad 1:17 Ps 102:16 Ps 48:11-13 Ezek 36:35-36 Rev 14:1 Isa 14:32 Jer 33:10-11

Psalms 69:36³⁶The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 102:28 Acts 2:39 Jas 1:12 Ps 37:29 Isa 61:9 John 14:23 Jas 2:5 Ps 91:14 Rom 8:28 Isa 44:3-4

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