Psalms 69:1
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait 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
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:2
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Read in contextLamentations 3:54
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
Read in contextRevelation 12:15–16
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Read in contextRevelation 17:15
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Read in contextJonah 2:3–5
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Read in contextPsalms 42:7
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Read in contextPsalms 69:2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
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