Psalm 69:1-5

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Save Me, O God

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)Lilies. Of David.

69 Save me, O God!
    For ^(B)the waters have come up to my neck.^[a]
²I sink in deep ^(C)mire,
    where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
    and the flood ^(D)sweeps over me.
³^(E)I am weary with my crying out;
    ^(F)my throat is parched.
^(G)My eyes grow dim
    with ^(H)waiting for my God.

⁴^(I)More in number than the hairs of my head
    are ^(J)those who hate me ^(K)without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
    ^(L)those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
    must I now restore?
⁵O God, you know my folly;
    the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.

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Footnotes

Psalm 69:1 Or waters threaten my life

Psalm 69:30-36

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³⁰I will ^(A)praise the name of God with a song;
    I will ^(B)magnify him with ^(C)thanksgiving.
³¹This will ^(D)please the Lord more than an ox
    or a bull ^(E)with horns and hoofs.
³²When ^(F)the humble see it they will be glad;
    you who seek God, ^(G)let your hearts revive.
³³For the Lord hears the needy
    and ^(H)does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

³⁴Let ^(I)heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and everything that moves in them.
³⁵For ^(J)God will save Zion
    and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;
³⁶    ^(K)the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
    and those who love his name shall dwell in it.