# Psalm 69 ## Psalm 69:1 - [KJV] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto *my* soul. - [ASV] Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul. - [YLT] Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul. ### Notes on Psalm 69:1 - ## Psalm 69:2 - [KJV] I sink in deep mire, where *there is* no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. - [ASV] I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. - [YLT] I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me. ### Notes on Psalm 69:2 - ## Psalm 69:3 - [KJV] I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. - [ASV] I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. - [YLT] I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God. ### Notes on Psalm 69:3 - ## Psalm 69:4 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back. ### Notes on Psalm 69:4 - ## Psalm 69:5 - [KJV] O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. - [ASV] O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee. - [YLT] O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid. ### Notes on Psalm 69:5 - ## Psalm 69:6 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] Let not those waiting on Thee be ashamed because of me, O Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Let not those seeking Thee Blush because of me, O God of Israel. ### Notes on Psalm 69:6 - ## Psalm 69:7 - [KJV] Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. - [ASV] Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face. - [YLT] For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face. ### Notes on Psalm 69:7 - ## Psalm 69:8 - [KJV] I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. - [ASV] I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children. - [YLT] A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother. ### Notes on Psalm 69:8 - ## Psalm 69:9 - [KJV] For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. - [ASV] For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me. - [YLT] For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me. ### Notes on Psalm 69:9 - ## Psalm 69:10 - [KJV] When I wept, *and chastened* my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. - [ASV] When I wept, *and chastened* my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach. - [YLT] And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me. ### Notes on Psalm 69:10 - ## Psalm 69:11 - [KJV] I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. - [ASV] When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them. - [YLT] And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile. ### Notes on Psalm 69:11 - ## Psalm 69:12 - [KJV] They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I *was* the song of the drunkards. - [ASV] They that sit in the gate talk of me; And *I am* the song of the drunkards. - [YLT] Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments. ### Notes on Psalm 69:12 - ## Psalm 69:13 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] And I -- my prayer *is* to Thee, O Jehovah, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Thy kindness, Answer me in the truth of Thy salvation. ### Notes on Psalm 69:13 - ## Psalm 69:14 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters. ### Notes on Psalm 69:14 - ## Psalm 69:15 - [KJV] Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon 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. - [YLT] Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me. ### Notes on Psalm 69:15 - ## Psalm 69:16 - [KJV] Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness *is* good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. - [ASV] Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me. - [YLT] Answer me, O Jehovah, for good *is* Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me, ### Notes on Psalm 69:16 - ## Psalm 69:17 - [KJV] And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. - [ASV] And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily. - [YLT] And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress -- haste, answer me. ### Notes on Psalm 69:17 - ## Psalm 69:18 - [KJV] Draw nigh unto my soul, *and* redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. - [ASV] Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies. - [YLT] Be near unto my soul -- redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me. ### Notes on Psalm 69:18 - ## Psalm 69:19 - [KJV] Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries *are* all before thee. - [ASV] Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee. - [YLT] Thou -- Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee *are* all mine adversaries. ### Notes on Psalm 69:19 - ## Psalm 69:20 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none. ### Notes on Psalm 69:20 - ## Psalm 69:21 - [KJV] They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. - [ASV] They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. - [YLT] And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar. ### Notes on Psalm 69:21 - ## Psalm 69:22 - [KJV] Let their table become a snare before them: and *that which should have been* for *their* welfare, *let it become* a trap. - [ASV] Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, *let it become* a trap. - [YLT] Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap. ### Notes on Psalm 69:22 - ## Psalm 69:23 - [KJV] Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. - [ASV] Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake. - [YLT] Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou. ### Notes on Psalm 69:23 - ## Psalm 69:24 - [KJV] Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. - [ASV] Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them. - [YLT] Pour upon them Thine indignation, And the fierceness of Thine anger doth seize them. ### Notes on Psalm 69:24 - ## Psalm 69:25 - [KJV] Let their habitation be desolate; *and* let none dwell in their tents. - [ASV] Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents. - [YLT] Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller. ### Notes on Psalm 69:25 - ## Psalm 69:26 - [KJV] For they persecute *him* whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. - [ASV] For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded. - [YLT] For they have pursued him Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of Thy pierced ones. ### Notes on Psalm 69:26 - ## Psalm 69:27 - [KJV] Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. - [ASV] Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness. - [YLT] Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness. ### Notes on Psalm 69:27 - ## Psalm 69:28 - [KJV] Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. - [ASV] Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous. - [YLT] They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written. ### Notes on Psalm 69:28 - ## Psalm 69:29 - [KJV] But I *am* poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. - [ASV] But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. - [YLT] And I *am* afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high. ### Notes on Psalm 69:29 - ## Psalm 69:30 - [KJV] I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. - [ASV] I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving. - [YLT] I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving, ### Notes on Psalm 69:30 - ## Psalm 69:31 - [KJV] *This* also shall please the LORD better than an ox *or* bullock that hath horns and hoofs. - [ASV] And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, *Or* a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. - [YLT] And it is better to Jehovah than an ox, A bullock -- horned -- hoofed. ### Notes on Psalm 69:31 - ## Psalm 69:32 - [KJV] The humble shall see *this, and* be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. - [ASV] The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live. - [YLT] The humble have seen -- they rejoice, Ye who seek God -- and your heart liveth. ### Notes on Psalm 69:32 - ## Psalm 69:33 - [KJV] For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. - [ASV] For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners. - [YLT] For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised. ### Notes on Psalm 69:33 - ## Psalm 69:34 - [KJV] Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. - [ASV] Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein. - [YLT] The heavens and earth do praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them. ### Notes on Psalm 69:34 - ## Psalm 69:35 - [KJV] For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. - [ASV] For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession. - [YLT] For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it. ### Notes on Psalm 69:35 - ## Psalm 69:36 - [KJV] The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. - [ASV] The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein. - [YLT] And the seed of His servants inherit it, And those loving His name dwell in it! ### Notes on Psalm 69:36 -