Psalms 69

Psalms 69:1

AMP: Save me, O God,For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck].

ASV: Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.

BSB: Save me, O God,for the waters are up to my neck.

DARBY: {To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.

DRA: Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David.

KJV: Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

Psalms 69:2

AMP: I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.

ASV: I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

BSB: I have sunk into the miry depths,where there is no footing;I have drifted into deep waters,where the flood engulfs me.

DARBY: I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

DRA: SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.

KJV: I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Psalms 69:3

AMP: I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.

ASV: I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

BSB: I am weary from my crying;my throat is parched.My eyes fail,looking for my God.

DARBY: I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

DRA: I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.

KJV: I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Psalms 69:4

AMP: Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully;I am forced to restore what I did not steal. [John 15:25]

ASV: They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.

BSB: Those who hate me without causeoutnumber 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.

DARBY: They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

DRA: I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.

KJV: They 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.

Psalms 69:5

AMP: ¶O God, You know my folly;My wrongs are not hidden from You.

ASV: O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.

BSB: You know my folly, O God,and my guilt is not hidden from You.

DARBY: Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.

DRA: They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.

KJV: O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Psalms 69:6

AMP: Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts;Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

ASV: Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

BSB: May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me,O Lord GOD of Hosts;may those who seek You not be dishonored through me,O God of Israel.

DARBY: Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

DRA: O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:

KJV: Let 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.

Psalms 69:7

AMP: Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;Confusion and dishonor have covered my face.

ASV: Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

BSB: For I have endured scorn for Your sake,and shame has covered my face.

DARBY: Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

DRA: Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.

KJV: Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Psalms 69:8

AMP: I have become estranged from my brothersAnd an alien to my mother’s sons. [John 7:3-5]

ASV: I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother`s children.

BSB: I have become a stranger to my brothersand a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

DARBY: I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;

DRA: Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

KJV: I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

Psalms 69:9

AMP: For zeal for Your house has consumed me,And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. [John 2:17; Rom 15:3]

ASV: For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

BSB: because zeal for Your house has consumed me,and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

DARBY: For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

DRA: I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.

KJV: For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Psalms 69:10

AMP: When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,It became my reproach.

ASV: When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

BSB: I wept and fasted,but it brought me reproach.

DARBY: And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach;

DRA: For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

KJV: When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

Psalms 69:11

AMP: When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning],I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.

ASV: When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

BSB: I made sackcloth my clothing,and I was sport to them.

DARBY: And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

DRA: And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.

KJV: I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

Psalms 69:12

AMP: They who sit in the [city’s] gate talk about me and mock me,And I am the song of the drunkards.

ASV: They that sit in the gate talk of me; And [I am] the song of the drunkards.

BSB: Those who sit at the gate mock me,and I am the song of drunkards.

DARBY: They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

DRA: And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.

KJV: They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Psalms 69:13

AMP: ¶But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable and opportune time;O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].

ASV: But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

BSB: But my prayer to You, O LORD,is for a time of favor.In Your abundant loving devotion, O God,answer me with Your sure salvation.

DARBY: But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:

DRA: They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.

KJV: But 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.

Psalms 69:14

AMP: Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink;Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.

ASV: Deliver 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.

BSB: Rescue me from the mireand do not let me sink;deliver me from my foesand out of the deep waters.

DARBY: Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.

DRA: But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

KJV: Deliver 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.

Psalms 69:15

AMP: Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me,Nor the deep waters swallow me up,Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.

ASV: Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

BSB: Do not let the floods engulf meor the depths swallow me up;let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

DARBY: Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

DRA: Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

KJV: Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Psalms 69:16

AMP: ¶Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is sweet and good and comforting;According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.

ASV: Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

BSB: Answer me, O LORD,for Your loving devotion is good;turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

DARBY: Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;

DRA: Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

KJV: Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Psalms 69:17

AMP: Do not hide Your face from Your servant,For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

ASV: And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

BSB: Hide not Your face from Your servant,for I am in distress.Answer me quickly!

DARBY: And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.

DRA: Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

KJV: And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

Psalms 69:18

AMP: Draw near to my soul and redeem it;Ransom me because of my enemies [so that they do not delight in my distress].

ASV: Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.

BSB: Draw near to my soul and redeem me;ransom me because of my foes.

DARBY: Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.

DRA: And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.

KJV: Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

Psalms 69:19

AMP: You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor [how I am insulted];My adversaries are all before You [each one fully known].

ASV: Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.

BSB: You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace.All my adversaries are before You.

DARBY: *Thou* knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

DRA: Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.

KJV: Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

Psalms 69:20

AMP: ¶Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick.I looked for sympathy, but there was none,And for comforters, but I found none.

ASV: Reproach 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.

BSB: Insults have broken my heart,and I am in despair.I looked for sympathy, but there was none,for comforters, but I found no one.

DARBY: Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

DRA: Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.

KJV: Reproach 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.

Psalms 69:21

AMP: They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food,And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. [Matt 27:34, 48]

ASV: They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

BSB: They poisoned my food with galland gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

DARBY: Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

DRA: In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.

KJV: They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psalms 69:22

AMP: ¶May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them];And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], may it become a trap.

ASV: Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.

BSB: May their table become a snare;may it be a retribution and a trap.

DARBY: Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;

DRA: And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

KJV: Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

Psalms 69:23

AMP: May their eyes be dimmed so that they cannot see,And make their loins shake continually [in terror and weakness].

ASV: Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.

BSB: May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,and their backs be bent forever.

DARBY: Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.

DRA: Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.

KJV: Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Psalms 69:24

AMP: Pour out Your indignation on them,And let [the fierceness of] Your burning anger overtake them.

ASV: Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

BSB: Pour out Your wrath upon them,and let Your burning anger overtake them.

DARBY: Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.

DRA: Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.

KJV: Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

Psalms 69:25

AMP: May their encampment be desolate;May no one dwell in their tents. [Matt 23:38; Acts 1:20]

ASV: Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.

BSB: May their place be deserted;let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

DARBY: Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.

DRA: Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

KJV: Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

Psalms 69:26

AMP: For they have persecuted him whom You have struck,And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced and wounded.

ASV: For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

BSB: For they persecute the one You struckand recount the pain of those You wounded.

DARBY: For they persecute him whom *thou* hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

DRA: Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.

KJV: For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

Psalms 69:27

AMP: Add [unforgiven] iniquity to their iniquity [in Your book],And may they not come into Your righteousness.

ASV: Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

BSB: Add iniquity to their iniquity;let them not share in Your righteousness.

DARBY: Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.

DRA: Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

KJV: Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Psalms 69:28

AMP: May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God). [Rev 3:4, 5; 20:12, 15; 21:27]

ASV: Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

BSB: May they be blotted out of the Book of Lifeand not listed with the righteous.

DARBY: Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

DRA: Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.

KJV: Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Psalms 69:29

AMP: ¶But I am sorrowful and in pain;May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high.

ASV: But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

BSB: But I am in pain and distress;let Your salvation protect me, O God.

DARBY: But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

DRA: Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.

KJV: But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Psalms 69:30

AMP: I will praise the name of God with songAnd magnify Him with thanksgiving.

ASV: I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.

BSB: I will praise God’s name in songand exalt Him with thanksgiving.

DARBY: I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving;

DRA: But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.

KJV: I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Psalms 69:31

AMP: And it will please the Lord better than an oxOr a young bull with horns and hoofs.

ASV: And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, [Or] a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

BSB: And this will please the LORD more than an ox,more than a bull with horns and hooves.

DARBY: And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.

DRA: I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.

KJV: This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

Psalms 69:32

AMP: The humble have seen it and are glad;You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live. [Ps 22:26; 42:1]

ASV: The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

BSB: The humble will see and rejoice.You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

DARBY: The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live.

DRA: And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.

KJV: The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

Psalms 69:33

AMP: For the Lord hears the needyAnd does not despise His who are prisoners.

ASV: For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.

BSB: For the LORD listens to the needyand does not despise His captive people.

DARBY: For Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.

DRA: Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.

KJV: For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

Psalms 69:34

AMP: ¶Let heaven and earth praise Him,The seas and everything that moves in them.

ASV: Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.

BSB: Let heaven and earth praise Him,the seas and everything that moves in them.

DARBY: Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.

DRA: For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.

KJV: Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

Psalms 69:35

AMP: For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah,That His servants may remain there and possess it.

ASV: For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

BSB: For God will save Zionand rebuild the cities of Judah,that they may dwell there and possess it.

DARBY: For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:

DRA: Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.

KJV: For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

Psalms 69:36

AMP: The descendants of His servants will inherit it,And those who love His name will dwell in it.

ASV: The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein. Psalm 70 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David; to bring to remembrance.

BSB: The descendants of His servants will inherit it,and those who love His name will settle in it.

DARBY: And the seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

DRA: For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.

KJV: The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Psalms 69:37

DRA: And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.