Psalms 69:14
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
- KJV
- Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
- WEB
- Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
- ASV
- Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
- DARBY
- Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.
- BLB
- Deliver me from the mire, that I should not sink! May I be delivered from those hating me, and out of the depths of the waters.
- ÅB
- Redd meg ut av dyndet og la meg ikke synke! La meg bli reddet fra dem som hater meg, og fra de dype vann!
- OTB
- Fri meg fra gjørmen og la meg ikke synke;
Måtte jeg bli reddet fra dem som hater meg, og fra dypet av vannet. - B1930
- Redd mig ut av dyndet og la mig ikke synke! La mig bli reddet fra dem som hater mig, og fra de dype vann!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 144:7
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Read in contextPsalms 109:21
But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
Read in contextJeremiah 38:6–13
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Read in contextPsalms 69:1–2
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
Read in contextLamentations 3:55
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Read in contextPsalms 42:2
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Read in contextLuke 19:14
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Read in contextPsalms 35:19
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
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