Psalm 69

Psalm 69 is the 69th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul". It is subtitled: "To the chief musician, upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible and in the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 68. In Latin, it is known as "Salvum me fac Deus". It has 36 verses (37 in Hebrew verse numbering). Several verses from Psalm 69 are quoted in the New Testament. It forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. Following is the Hebrew text of Psalm 69: Verse 7 is found in the repetition of the Mussaf Amidah on Rosh Hashanah: "Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face". Verse 14 is recited before the Torah service at Shabbat Minchah. Verses 14 and 32 are recited in the blessings before the Shema on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. This psalm is quoted or referred to in several places in the New Testament: In John 2:17, when Jesus had expelled the money changers from the Temple, his disciples remembered the words of verse 9a: "zeal for Your house has eaten me up". In John 15:25, Jesus related his rejection by the Jews to fulfilment of the Jewish law: "This happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause'." (Psalm 69:4 NKJV) Jesus was given gall or vinegar to drink when he was crucified (Matthew 27:34, 48); Mark 15:36; Luke 23:36; John 19:28–29), recalling Psalm 69:3 ("my throat is dry") and Psalm 69:21: "They also gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink." In Acts 1:20, referring to the Field of Blood where Judas Iscariot committed suicide: "For it is written in the Book of Psalms: 'Let his dwelling place be desolate, and let no one live in it'".