Psalm 69

This article is about the psalm from the Book of Psalms. For the album by Ministry, see Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs.
A monk engulfed in water clings to the central curve of an initial S that begins the first verse of Psalm 69, Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
"Angel Bearing a Sponge" by Antonio Giorgetti, with the inscription "potaverunt me aceto" ("they gave me vinegar to drink", Psalms 69:22). It is located on the western side of the Ponte Sant'Angelo, in Rome.

Psalm 69 is the 69th psalm of the Book of Psalms, subtitled in the Authorised Version of the Bible "To the chief musician, upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David".

Uses

Judaism

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.[1]

New Testament

This psalm is quoted or referred to in several places in the New Testament:

This happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They hated Me without a cause’. (Psalm 69:4 NKJV)
They also gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
For it is written in the Book of Psalms: ‘Let his dwelling place be desolate, and let no one live in it’. (Psalm 69:25 NKJV)
Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, 'The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me'.

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

References

  1. The Complete Artscroll Machzor for Rosh Hashanah page 505
  2. The Complete Artscroll Machzor for Rosh Hashanah page 271-73
  3. "... will eat me up" in Masoretic Text

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