Psalms 69:4
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
5You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
Cross References
Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
Psalms 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
Psalms 40:12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
Psalms 109:3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
1 Peter 2:22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
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 →