Psalm 69:1-4

Save Me, O God

To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David.

1
Save me, O God!
For u the waters have come up to my neck. 1
2 I sink in deep v mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood w sweeps over me.
 3 x I am weary with my crying out;
y my throat is parched.
z My eyes grow dim
with a waiting for my God.

4 b More in number than the hairs of my head
are c those who hate me d without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
e those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 45:1
    My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 69:14 - 15
    Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
    Psalms 32:6
    Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.
    Psalms 130:1
    Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
    Job 22:11
    Or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 69:14
    Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
    Psalms 40:2
    He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 124:4
    Then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 6:6
    I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 22:15
    My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 119:82
    My eyes long for your promise; I ask, "When will you comfort me?
    Psalms 119:123
    My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
    Deuteronomy 28:32
    Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, but you shall be helpless.
    Isaiah 38:14
    Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 31:24
    Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 40:12
    For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
  10. Cross References
    John 15:25
    But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated me without a cause.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 35:7
    For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
    Psalms 59:3 - 4
    For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord.
    Psalms 109:3
    They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
    Psalms 119:161
    Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 35:19
    Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
    Psalms 38:19
    But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
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