Psalm 69

The Waters Are up to My Neck

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

¹Save me, O God,

for the waters are up to my neck.

²I have sunk into the miry depths,

where there is no footing;

I have drifted into deep waters,

where the flood engulfs me.

³I am weary from my crying;

my throat is parched.

My eyes fail,

looking for my God.

⁴Those who hate me without cause

outnumber the hairs of my head;

many are those who would destroy me—

my enemies for no reason.

Though I did not steal,

I must repay.

• PS 69:4[PROPHECY]Hated without cause → JN 15:25
• PS 69:4[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → JN 15:25

⁵You know my folly, O God,

and my guilt is not hidden from You.

⁶May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me,

O Lord Yahweh of Hosts;

may those who seek You not be dishonored through me,

O God of Israel.

⁷For I have endured scorn for Your sake,

and shame has covered my face.

⁸I have become a stranger to my brothers

and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

• PS 69:8[PROPHECY]A stranger to His own brethren → JN 1:11; 7:5

⁹because zeal for Your house has consumed me,

and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

• PS 69:9[PROPHECY]Zealous for His Father's house → JN 2:17; ROM 15:3
• PS 69:9[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → JN 2:17
• PS 69:9[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ROM 15:3
• PS 69:9[NOTE]ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE. When Jesus cleared the temple, His disciples remembered this verse, John 2:17. Paul says the second half was true of Christ, Romans 15:3. It stays black because David is the one praying here.

¹⁰I wept and fasted,

but it brought me reproach.

¹¹I made sackcloth my clothing,

and I was sport to them.

¹²Those who sit at the gate mock me,

and I am the song of drunkards.

¹³But my prayer to You, O Yahweh,

is for a time of favor.

In Your abundant loving devotion, O God,

answer me with Your sure salvation.

¹⁴Rescue me from the mire

and do not let me sink;

deliver me from my foes

and out of the deep waters.

¹⁵Do not let the floods engulf me

or the depths swallow me up;

let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

¹⁶Answer me, O Yahweh,

for Your loving devotion is good;

turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

¹⁷Hide not Your face from Your servant,

for I am in distress.

Answer me quickly!

¹⁸Draw near to my soul and redeem me;

ransom me because of my foes.

¹⁹You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace.

All my adversaries are before You.

²⁰Insults have broken my heart,

and I am in despair.

I looked for sympathy, but there was none,

for comforters, but I found no one.

• PS 69:20[PROPHECY]Heartbroken, He looked for comforters but found none → MT 26:38; MK 14:37-41

²¹They poisoned my food with gall

and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

• PS 69:21[PROPHECY]Given vinegar to drink in His thirst → MT 27:34; MT 27:48; JN 19:28-30
• PS 69:21[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → MT 27:34
• PS 69:21[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → MT 27:48
• PS 69:21[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → MK 15:36
• PS 69:21[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → LK 23:36
• PS 69:21[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → JN 19:28-29
• PS 69:21[NOTE]VINEGAR. At the cross Jesus was offered sour wine, Matthew 27:34 and 27:48.

²²May their table become a snare;

may it be a retribution and a trap.

• PS 69:22[PROPHECY]Those who reject Him would be blinded and trapped → ROM 11:9-10
• PS 69:22[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ROM 11:9-10

²³May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,

and their backs be bent forever.

²⁴Pour out Your wrath upon them,

and let Your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵May their place be deserted;

let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

• PS 69:25[PROPHECY]The betrayer's place would be left empty → ACTS 1:20
• PS 69:25[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ACTS 1:20

²⁶For they persecute the one You struck

and recount the pain of those You wounded.

²⁷Add iniquity to their iniquity;

let them not share in Your righteousness.

²⁸May they be blotted out of the Book of Life

and not listed with the righteous.

²⁹But I am in pain and distress;

let Your salvation protect me, O God.

³⁰I will praise God’s name in song

and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

³¹And this will please Yahweh more than an ox,

more than a bull with horns and hooves.

³²The humble will see and rejoice.

You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

³³For Yahweh listens to the needy

and does not despise His captive people.

³⁴Let heaven and earth praise Him,

the seas and everything that moves in them.

³⁵For God will save Zion

and rebuild the cities of Judah,

that they may dwell there and possess it.

³⁶The descendants of His servants will inherit it,

and those who love His name will settle in it.