Psalms 69:6

But I am poor and needy; O God, help me: thou art my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5Let all that seek thee exult and be glad in thee: and let those that love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel says, A watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable: I said among men, How will ye strengthen the fear of the anointed?

Psalms 25:3For thy mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with thy truth.

Psalms 72:18Surely thou hast appointed judgments to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:2-13

Complaints and Petitions. 1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 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. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins… Read the whole commentary →

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