Psalm 69

A Plea for Rescue

For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.”[a] Davidic.

Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.(A)
I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:1 Possibly a tune; Pss 45; 60; 80

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.

69 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

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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18 They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.(A)

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18 They bruised his feet with shackles,(A)
    his neck was put in irons,

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18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

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and put a knife to your throat
if you have a big[a] appetite;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:2 Lit you are the master of an

and put a knife to your throat
    if you are given to gluttony.

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And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

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54 Water flooded over my head,(A)
and I thought: I’m going to die!(B)

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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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54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

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