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Psalm 69:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 69:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 I am sinking in muddy depths
and can find no foothold.
I have fallen into deep waters,
and the floods[a] overwhelm me.
4 I am exhausted from crying out;
my throat is parched.
My eyes have been worn out
searching for my God.
5 More numerous than the hairs of my head
are those who hate me for no reason.[b]
Many are those who seek to destroy me,
and they are treacherous.
How can I restore
what I have not stolen?
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:3 Waters . . . muddy depths . . . deep waters . . . floods: a common means of indicating extreme distress (see note on Ps 30:2).
- Psalm 69:5 Hate me for no reason: see note on Ps 35:19. These words were completely fulfilled in the hatred his enemies had for Jesus (see Jn 15:25).
