Psalms 69
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
6Let 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.
7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
14Deliver 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.
15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
29But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
33For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
36The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אַלʼalH40810× in this chapter
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4309× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- כִּיkîyH35888× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- הָיָהhâyâhH19616× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- חֶרְפָּהcherpâhH27815× in this chapter
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30684× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- לֹאlôʼH38084× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מַיִםmayimH43254× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34273× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53153× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- נָתַןnâthanH54143× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עָנָהʻânâhH60303× in this chapter
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64403× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- אַתָּהʼattâhH8593× in this chapter
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- הָלַלhâlalH19842× in this chapter
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
- חֵסֵדchêçêdH26172× in this chapter
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
- טָבַעṭâbaʻH28832× in this chapter
to sink
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30452× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- אֹיֵבʼôyêbH3412× in this chapter
hating; an adversary
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻH34672× in this chapter
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כְּלִמָּהkᵉlimmâhH36392× in this chapter
disgrace
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- מַעֲמָקmaʻămâqH46152× in this chapter
a deep
- מְצוֹלָהmᵉtsôwlâhH46882× in this chapter
a deep place (of water or mud)
- נָצַלnâtsalH53372× in this chapter
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- עֶבֶדʻebedH56502× in this chapter
a servant
- עָוֺןʻâvônH57712× in this chapter
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- עַיִןʻayinH58692× in this chapter
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5892× in this chapter
I
- צָרַרtsârarH68872× in this chapter
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
- קָוָהqâvâhH69602× in this chapter
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72002× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- רֹבrôbH72302× in this chapter
abundance (in any respect)
- שִׁבֹּלshibbôlH76412× in this chapter
a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
- שָׁטַףshâṭaphH78572× in this chapter
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
- שֵׁםshêmH80342× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character