Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,

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Reach down your hand from on high;(A)
    deliver me and rescue me(B)
from the mighty waters,(C)
    from the hands of foreigners(D)

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

16 (A)He sent from above, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.

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16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
    he drew me out of deep waters.(A)

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15 Then he said to me, (A)“The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, (B)are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.

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15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters(A) you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.(B)

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The floods have [a]lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their waves.
(A)The Lord on high is mightier
Than the noise of many waters,
Than the mighty waves of the sea.

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  1. Psalm 93:3 raised up

The seas(A) have lifted up, Lord,
    the seas have lifted up their voice;(B)
    the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.(C)
Mightier than the thunder(D) of the great waters,
    mightier than the breakers(E) of the sea—
    the Lord on high is mighty.(F)

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For strangers have risen up against me,
And oppressors have sought after my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah

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Arrogant foes are attacking me;(A)
    ruthless people(B) are trying to kill me(C)
    people without regard for God.[a](D)

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  1. Psalm 54:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

44 As soon as they hear of me they obey me;
The foreigners [a]submit to me.

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  1. Psalm 18:44 feign submission

44     foreigners(A) cower before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

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17 “He(A) sent from above, He took me,
He drew me out of many waters.

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17 “He reached down from on high(A) and took hold of me;
    he drew(B) me out of deep waters.

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15 So the serpent (A)spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.

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15 Then from his mouth the serpent(A) spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. 16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.

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43 (A)He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

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43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him(A) now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

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11 Judah has dealt treacherously,
And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem,
For Judah has (A)profaned
The Lord’s holy institution which He loves:
He has married the daughter of a foreign god.

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11 Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable(A) thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves(B) by marrying(C) women who worship a foreign god.(D)

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11 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—

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11 deliver me;
    rescue me(A) from the hands of foreigners(B)
whose mouths are full of lies,(C)
    whose right hands are deceitful.(D)

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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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