(A)For You cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the floods surrounded me;
(B)All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.

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You hurled me into the depths,(A)
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves(B) and breakers
    swept over me.(C)

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Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
(A)All Your waves and billows have gone over me.

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Deep calls to deep(A)
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.(B)

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54 (A)The waters flowed over my head;
(B)I said, “I am cut off!”

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54 the waters closed over my head,(A)
    and I thought I was about to perish.(B)

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An Urgent Plea for Help in Trouble

To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.

69 Save me, O God!
For (A)the waters have come up to my [b]neck.
(B)I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:1 Heb. Shoshannim
  2. Psalm 69:1 Lit. soul

Psalm 69[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

Save me, O God,
    for the waters(A) have come up to my neck.(B)
I sink in the miry depths,(C)
    where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
    the floods engulf me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:1 In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.

[a]Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In darkness, in the depths.
Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all (A)Your waves. Selah
(B)You have [b]put away my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an abomination to them;
(C)I am shut up, and I cannot get out;

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  1. Psalm 88:5 Lit. Free
  2. Psalm 88:8 taken away my friends

I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off(A) from your care.

You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.(B)
Your wrath(C) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.[a](D)
You have taken from me my closest friends(E)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(F) and cannot escape;(G)

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  1. Psalm 88:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10.

14 Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

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14 Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.(A)
15 Do not let the floodwaters(B) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up(C)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.(D)

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12 And he said to them, (A)“Pick me up and [a]throw me into the sea; then the sea will become calm for you. For I know that this great tempest is because of me.”

13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, (B)but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them. 14 Therefore they cried out to the Lord and said, “We pray, O Lord, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and (C)do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O Lord, (D)have done as it pleased You.” 15 So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, (E)and the sea ceased from its raging. 16 Then the men (F)feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord and took vows.

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  1. Jonah 1:12 Lit. hurl

12 “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.”(A)

13 Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.(B) 14 Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man,(C) for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.”(D) 15 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.(E) 16 At this the men greatly feared(F) the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows(G) to him.

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