Psalms 69:4
More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause,—Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause,—What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5O God, thou, hast known my folly, And, my wrong-doings, from thee, have not been hid.
Cross References
Psalms 7:3O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:
Psalms 35:19Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause, let them not wink the eye!
Psalms 40:12For there have closed in upon me, misfortunes beyond number, Mine iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see, They have become more than the hairs of my head, And, my courage, hath forsaken me!
Psalms 109:3And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause:
John 15:25But…that the word which, in their law, is written, might be fulfilled—They hated me without cause.
1 Peter 2:22Who did not, a sin, commit, neither was deceit 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 →