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You cast me into the deep,
    into the heart of the seas,
    and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
    passed over me.(A)

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Deep calls to deep
    at the thunder of your torrents;
all your waves and your billows
    have gone over me.(A)

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54 water closed over my head;
    I said, “I am lost.”(A)

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Psalm 69

Prayer for Deliverance from Persecution

To the leader: according to Lilies. Of David.

Save me, O God,
    for the waters have come up to my neck.(A)
I sink in deep mire,
    where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
    and the flood sweeps over me.(B)

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like those forsaken among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
    for they are cut off from your hand.(A)
You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
    in the regions dark and deep.(B)
Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah(C)

You have caused my companions to shun me;
    you have made me a thing of horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;(D)

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14 rescue me
    from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
    and from the deep waters.(A)
15 Do not let the flood sweep over me
    or the deep swallow me up
    or the Pit close its mouth over me.(B)

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12 He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me that this great storm has come upon you.”(A) 13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to bring the ship[a] back to land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them. 14 Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, O Lord, we pray, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life. Do not make us guilty of innocent blood, for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.”(B) 15 So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. 16 Then the men feared the Lord even more, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.13 Heb lacks the ship