An Urgent Plea for Help in Trouble

To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.

69 Save me, O God!
For (A)the waters have come up to my [b]neck.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:1 Heb. Shoshannim
  2. Psalm 69:1 Lit. soul

Psalm 69[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

Save me, O God,
    for the waters(A) have come up to my neck.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:1 In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.

Those who (A)hate me without a cause
Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.

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Those who hate me(A) without reason(B)
    outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,(C)
    those who seek to destroy me.(D)
I am forced to restore
    what I did not steal.

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Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.
(A)I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;
(B)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
(C)And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

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For I endure scorn(A) for your sake,(B)
    and shame covers my face.(C)
I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(D)
for zeal for your house consumes me,(E)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(F)

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67 (A)Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and (B)others struck Him with [a]the palms of their hands,

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  1. Matthew 26:67 Or rods,

67 Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists.(A) Others slapped him

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68 saying, (A)“Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck You?”

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68 and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?”(A)

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65 Then some began to (A)spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers [a]struck Him with the palms of their hands.

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  1. Mark 14:65 NU received Him with slaps

65 Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, “Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him.(A)

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22 And when He had said these things, one of the officers who stood by (A)struck[a] Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Do You answer the high priest like that?”

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:22 Lit. gave Jesus a slap,

22 When Jesus said this, one of the officials(A) nearby slapped him in the face.(B) “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” he demanded.

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