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Psalms 69

36 aligned verses; 35 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse WEB World English Bible KJV King James Version
> Save me, God , For the waters have come up to my neck!
Save me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
I am weary with my crying . My throat is dry. My eyes fail , looking for my God.
I am weary of my crying : my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head . Those who want to cut me off , being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty . I have to restore what I didn't take away.
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.
God, you know my foolishness . My sins aren't hidden from you .
O God, thou knowest my foolishness ; and my sins are not hid from thee .
Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me , Lord Yahweh of Hosts . Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me , God of Israel.
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.
Because for your sake , I have borne reproach . Shame has covered my face.
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach ; shame hath covered my face.
I have become a stranger to my brothers , An alien to my mother's children.
I am become a stranger unto my brethren , and an alien unto my mother's children.
For the zeal of your house consumes me . The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
When I wept and I fasted , That was to my reproach.
When I wept , and chastened my soul with fasting , that was to my reproach.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Those who sit in the gate talk about me . I am the song of the drunkards.
They that sit in the gate speak against me ; and I was the song of the drunkards.
But as for me, my prayer is to you , Yahweh , in an acceptable time . God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
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.
Deliver me out of the mire, and don't let me sink . Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
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.
Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up . Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up , and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good . According to the multitude of your tender mercies , turn to me .
Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good : turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Don't hide your face from your servant , For I am in distress. Answer me speedily !
And hide not thy face from thy servant ; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily .
Draw near to my soul, and redeem it . Ransom me because of my enemies.
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it : deliver me because of mine enemies.
You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you .
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee .
Reproach has broken my heart , and I am full of heaviness . I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; For comforters, but I found none.
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.
They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst , they gave me vinegar to drink.
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Let their table before them become a snare . May it become a retribution and a trap.
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see . Let their backs be continually bent .
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake .
Pour out your indignation on them . Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
Pour out thine indignation upon them , and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Let their habitation be desolate . Let no one dwell in their tents.
Let their habitation be desolate ; and let none dwell in their tents.
For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt .
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded .
Charge them with crime upon crime. Don't let them come into your righteousness.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
Let them be blotted out of the book of life , And not be written with the righteous.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living , and not be written with the righteous.
But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high .
I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
It will please Yahweh better than an ox , Or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
The humble have seen it , and are glad . You who seek after God, let your heart live.
The humble shall see this , and be glad : and your heart shall live that seek God .
For Yahweh hears the needy , And doesn't despise his captive people .
For the LORD heareth the poor , and despiseth not his prisoners .
Let heaven and earth praise him ; The seas, and everything that moves therein !
Let the heaven and earth praise him , the seas, and every thing that moveth therein .
For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah . They shall settle there, and own it.
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah : that they may dwell there, and have it in possession .
The children also of his servants shall inherit it . Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it : and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

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