Psalms 69:1
Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
2 I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
3 I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
- KJV
- Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
- WEB
- Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
- ASV
- Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.
- DARBY
- {To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.
- BLB
- For the one directing. According to “The Lilies.” Of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to the soul.
- ÅB
- Frels meg, Gud, for vannene er kommet inntil sjelen.
- OTB
- Frels meg, Gud,
For vannene har truet mitt liv. - B1930
- Frels mig, Gud, for vannene er kommet inntil sjelen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 69:14–15
Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Read in contextLamentations 3:54
The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
Read in contextRevelation 12:15–16
Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
Read in contextRevelation 17:15
Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
Read in contextJonah 2:3–5
For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
Read in contextPsalms 42:7
Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
Read in contextPsalms 69:2
I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
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