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More numerous than the hairs of my head
are those hating me without a cause.
Those who are destroying me—my enemies wrongfully[a]— are mighty.
What I did not steal, I then must restore.
O God, you yourself know[b] my foolishness,
and my guilty deeds are not hidden from you.
Let those who wait for you not be put to shame because of me,
O Lord Yahweh of hosts.
Let those who seek you not be disgraced because of me,
O God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:4 Or, “those who oppose me with falsehood”
  2. Psalm 69:5 Literally “you, you know”

Those who hate me(A) without reason(B)
    outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,(C)
    those who seek to destroy me.(D)
I am forced to restore
    what I did not steal.

You, God, know my folly;(E)
    my guilt is not hidden from you.(F)

Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    may those who hope in you
    not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
    may those who seek you
    not be put to shame because of me.

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