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I am exhausted from crying out;
    my throat is parched.
My eyes have been worn out
    searching for my God.
More numerous than the hairs of my head
    are those who hate me for no reason.[a]
Many are those who seek to destroy me,
    and they are treacherous.
How can I restore
    what I have not stolen?
O God, you know how foolish I am;
    my guilty deeds are not hidden from you.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:5 Hate me for no reason: see note on Ps 35:19. These words were completely fulfilled in the hatred his enemies had for Jesus (see Jn 15:25).
  2. Psalm 69:6 The psalmist admits his guilt, but he is innocent of the great crimes attributed to him by his enemies. This verse can be applied to Jesus only as an indication of the sins of the world that he took upon himself.

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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