Psalm 69:1
New Living Translation
Psalm 69
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Lilies.”
1 Save me, O God,
for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
Psalm 69:14-15
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14 Rescue me from the mud;
don’t let me sink any deeper!
Save me from those who hate me,
and pull me from these deep waters.
15 Don’t let the floods overwhelm me,
or the deep waters swallow me,
or the pit of death devour me.
Isaiah 43:2
New Living Translation
2 When you go through deep waters,
I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression,
you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you.
Lamentations 3:54
New Living Translation
54 The water rose over my head,
and I cried out, “This is the end!”
Revelation 17:15
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15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters where the prostitute is ruling represent masses of people of every nation and language.
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Revelation 12:15-16
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15 Then the dragon tried to drown the woman with a flood of water that flowed from his mouth. 16 But the earth helped her by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that gushed out from the mouth of the dragon.
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Jonah 2:3-5
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3 You threw me into the ocean depths,
and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
4 Then I said, ‘O Lord, you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’
5 “I sank beneath the waves,
and the waters closed over me.
Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
Isaiah 28:17
New Living Translation
17 I will test you with the measuring line of justice
and the plumb line of righteousness.
Since your refuge is made of lies,
a hailstorm will knock it down.
Since it is made of deception,
a flood will sweep it away.
Psalm 69:2
New Living Translation
2 Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire;
I can’t find a foothold.
I am in deep water,
and the floods overwhelm me.
Psalm 60:1
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Psalm 60
For the choir director: A psalm[a] of David useful for teaching, regarding the time David fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and killed 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. To be sung to the tune “Lily of the Testimony.”
1 You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses.
You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.
Footnotes
- 60:Title Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical term.
Psalm 45:1
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Psalm 45
For the choir director: A love song to be sung to the tune “Lilies.” A psalm[a] of the descendants of Korah.
1 Beautiful words stir my heart.
I will recite a lovely poem about the king,
for my tongue is like the pen of a skillful poet.
Footnotes
- 45:Title Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term.
Psalm 42:7
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7 I hear the tumult of the raging seas
as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.
Psalm 32:6
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6 Therefore, let all the godly pray to you while there is still time,
that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment.
Psalm 80:1
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Psalm 80
For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be sung to the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.”
1 Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock.
O God, enthroned above the cherubim,
display your radiant glory
Psalm 18:4
New Living Translation
4 The ropes of death entangled me;
floods of destruction swept over me.
Job 22:11
New Living Translation
11 That is why you cannot see in the darkness,
and waves of water cover you.
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