Psalm 69 For the Overcomer. Upon the water-lillies. Through David
Tune: #96 My Song is love unknown
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.
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1 1 Save me, God for waters
unto the soul have come.
 2 I am sunk in deep mire,
 nothing  to stand upon.
Depths of waters    I've come into  
and the flood too  o'er me prevails.
 
2 3 I am weary in my
calling,  my throat is dry.
My eyes fail from waiting
upon my God Most High.
 4 More than the hairs   of my head are
those that hate me   without a cause.
.
They're mighty that would slay
me, my foes wrongfully.
That which I did not take
I then return freely.
 5 God, You have known   'bout  my folly.
My guilt from Thee   is not hidden.
 
4 6 Let not be shamed through me
those waiting upon Thee.
O Lord GOD of armies,
let them not confused be
because of me. Let not those that
are seeking Thee  be confounded.
 
5 God of Israel,  7 because
for Your sake I've borne scorn,  
shame has covered my face.
 8 A stranger I've become
to my brothers  and an alien   
unto the sons   of my mother.
 
6 9 For the zeal   of Your house,
it has devoured me,
and curses that curse Thee
have fallen upon me.
 10 I wept in fasting of my soul.
and it became  to me insults.

7 11 And for my clothes I gave
 sackcloth, and I became
a proverb unto them.
 12 The sitters in the gate,
with songs of drunks  they talk of me,
 13 but as for me,   my prayer's to Thee,

8 LORD, in time of favor.
 God, in Your great mercy,
 in truth of Your saving
answer. 14 Deliver me
from the mire, and   let me not sink.
Deliver me   from my haters.
 
9 15  Let not overflow me
the flood of the waters,
and neither let the deep
swallow me from under.
Neither let the    pit its mouth shut
on top of me. 16 LORD answer me

10 for good is Your mercy.
 According to Your great
compassions, turn to me,
17 and do not hide Your face
from Your servant   for I  am in
trouble. Answer   me speedily.
 
11 18  Draw nigh unto  my soul.
Become it's redeemer.
on account of my foes.
do ransom me. 19 You know
my reproach and   my shame, also
my dishonor,  and all my foes.
 
12 They all are before Thee.
20 Reproach has broke my heart,
and in my misery,
I looked for sympathy.
but there was none.   And comforters,
I looked for them, but I found none.

13 21 And they gave for My food
gall, and for My thirst gave
me to drink vinegar
 22 Let their table become
for them a snare,   and their welfare
a stumbling block  let it become.
 
14 23 Let their eyes be darkened
so that they cannot see,
and their backs be down bent,
waver continually.
24 Pour out Your wrath   on them and let
Your fierce anger   take hold of them.
 
15 25 Their camp be desolate.
In their tents   let none dwell..
26 For he whom You've smitten
they persecute as well.
To the suff'ring   of those You pierced,
they're publishing   things that they heard.
 
16 27 Give iniquity on
their iniquity, and
into Your righteousness,
let not them enter in.
28 Blot them out from    the Book of Life
and with righteous   not be written.

17 29 But I am afflicted
and am in sorrow too.
God, let  Thy salvation
set me on high anew.
30 I'll praise God's name   in a song, and
magnify Him  in thanksgiving.
 
18 31 And it shall please the LORD
more than an ox with horns,
a bull with cloven hooves.
32 The meek saw and rejoice.
Those seeking God,   your heart shall live
33 For the LORD hears   the needy ones,

19 and He despises not
His prisoners He bought..
34 Let heaven and earth praise
Him, for all He has wrought,
the seas and all   that creeps therein
35 for God will surely save Zion.

20 And He'll build Judah's towns,
and they shall dwell therein,
and they shall possess it.
36 The seed of His servants
inherit it,  and they that love
His name shall dwell   there forever.

-copyright Steve Miller 1/29/2023
 
Mark 14:33 And He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled.
 34 And He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch."
 
Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
 
Jonah 2:5 The waters encompassed me, as far as the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.
 
Isaiah 43:2 When thou passes through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
 
Song of Solomon 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, Neither do the floods drown it: Even if a man gave all the substance of his house for love, It would utterly be contemned.
 
Isaiah 54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me, since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth: so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
 
John 15:24 If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they had not had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
 25 But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause.
 
John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world had its being through him, and the world knew him not.
 11 He came to his own, and his own received him not;
 12 but as many as received him, to them gave he the right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
7:5 for neither did his brethren believe on him.
 
John 2:13 And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
 14 And he found in the temple the sellers of oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting;
 15 and, having made a scourge of cords, he cast them all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the change of the money-changers, and overturned the tables,
 16 and said to the sellers of doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
 17 And his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house devours me.
Romans 15:1 But we ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
 2 Let each one of us please his neighbor with a view to what is good, to edification.
 3 For the Christ also did not please himself; but according as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.
 4 For as many things as have been written before have been written for our instruction, that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
 
2Samuel 18:33 And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
19:1 It was told Joab, "Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom."
 2 So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard that day, "The king is grieving for his son."
 3 And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.
 4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
 5 Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, "You have today covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who have this day saved your life and the lives of your sons and your daughters and the lives of your wives and your concubines,
 6 because you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have made it clear today that commanders and servants are nothing to you, for today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased.
 7 Now therefore arise, go out and speak kindly to your servants, for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now."
 
2 Samuel 3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.
1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah stand between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
 
;Matthew 27:41 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him, and saying,  
42 "He saved others; He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we shall believe in Him.  
Mark 15:17 And they dressed Him up in purple, and after weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;
 18 and they began to acclaim Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
 19 And they kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting at Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him.
 20 And after they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, and put His garments on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him.
 
2Corinthians 6:2 (for he says, I have listened to thee in an accepted time, and I have helped thee in a day of salvation: behold, now is the well-accepted time; behold, now the day of salvation:)
Isaiah 49:7 Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, to Him whom man despises, to Him Whom the nation abhors, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
 8 Thus says Jehovah: In a time of acceptance have I answered you, and in the day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
 9 saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.
 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them.
 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.
 12 Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
 
John 19:28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, says, I thirst.
 29 There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up to his mouth.
 30 When therefore Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and having bowed his head, he delivered up his spirit.
Matthew 27:34 they gave Him wine to drink mingled with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink.
48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
Mark 15:23 And they tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.
36 And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
Luke 23:36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
 
Romans 11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
 9 And David says, Let their table be for a snare, and for a gin, and for a fall-trap, and for a recompense to them:
 10 let their eyes be darkened not to see, and bow down their back always.
 11 I say then, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall there is salvation to the nations to provoke them to jealousy.
 12 But if their fall be the world's wealth, and their loss the wealth of the nations, how much rather their fullness?
 13 For I speak to you, the nations, inasmuch as I am apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
 14 if by any means I shall provoke to jealousy them which are my flesh, and shall save some from among them.
 15 For if their casting away be the world's reconciliation, what their reception but life from among the dead?
16 If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
  17  But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
 19 Then you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."
 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.
  21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
 23 And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
 24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.
 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
 30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
 31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
 32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counselor?
 35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
 
Luke 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Revelation 11:13 In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.
 
1Thessalonians 2:14 For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans,
 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men,
 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.
 
Proverbs 30:7 Two things I ask of You; deny them not to me before I die:
 8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
 9 lest I be full and deny you and say, "Who is the LORD?" or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
 
Matthew 23:37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate;
 39 for I say unto you, Ye shall in no wise see me henceforth until ye say, Blessed be he that comes in the name of the Lord.
Acts 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his homestead become desolate, and let there be no dweller in it; and, Let another take his overseership.
 
Zechariah 11:8 And I caused the three shepherds to perish in one month; and  My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred Me.
 
Matthew 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Mark 8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Luke 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes,  and be slain, and be raised the third day.
Psalm 118:22  The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
23  This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
 
Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
 
Revelation 3:5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
13:8 And all who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.
17:8 "The beast that you saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.
20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.
 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.
 14 And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
21:27 and nothing unclean and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Daniel 12:1 "Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.  
Luke 10:20 "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven."  
Exodus 32:32 "But now, if Thou wilt, forgive their sin and if not, please blot me out from Thy book which Thou hast written!"  
33 And the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.  
 
Psalm 40:6 Sacrifice and meal offering Thou hast not desired; My ears Thou hast opened; Burnt offering and sin offering Thou hast not required.
Hosea 6:6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.  
 
Ezekiel 36:25 "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
 26 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
 27 "And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.
Jeremiah 31:33 "But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
 34 "And they shall not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the LORD, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
Proverbs 4:23 Watch over your heart with all diligence, for what is in your heart will determine what your life amounts to.
 
Genesis 9:24 So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.
 25 Then he said: "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren."
 26 And he said: "Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant.
 27 May God enlarge Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant."
12:1 And the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;
 2 And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing;
 3 And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
Galatians 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
 
Romans 11:25 For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations be come in;
 26 and so all Israel shall be saved. According as it is written, The Deliverer shall come out of Zion; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
 27 And this is the covenant from Me to them, when I shall have taken away their sins.
 28 As regards the glad tidings, they are enemies on your account; but as regards election, beloved on account of the fathers.
 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
 30 For as indeed ye also once have not believed in God, but now have been objects of mercy through the unbelief of these;
 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.
 32 For God hath shut up together all in unbelief, in order that He might shew mercy to all.
 33 O depth of riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
 34 For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?
 35 or who has first given to Him, and it shall be rendered to him?
 36 For of Him, and through Him, and for Him are all things: to Him be glory for ever. Amen.
 
Hosea 3:3 And I said to her, "You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you."
 4 For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods.
 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.
5:14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.
 15 I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.
6:1 "Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
 2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
 3 Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth."
Micah 5:1b  they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
 2 (And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me who is to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of old.)
 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time when she which travails shall have brought forth: and the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
 
Exodus 32:32 "But now, if Thou wilt, forgive their sin and if not, please blot me out from Thy book which Thou hast written!"  
33 And the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.  
Revelation 3:5 He who overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels.  
1John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
2Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.