A Cry of Distress and Imprecation on Adversaries.

For the choir director; according to [a]Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.

69 Save me, O God,
For the (A)waters have [b]threatened my life.
I have sunk in deep (B)mire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a [c](C)flood overflows me.

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  1. Psalm 69:1 Or possibly Lilies
  2. Psalm 69:1 Lit come to the soul
  3. Psalm 69:2 Lit flowing stream

14 Deliver me from the (A)mire and do not let me sink;
May I be (B)delivered from [a]my foes and from the [b](C)deep waters.
15 May the [c](D)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the (E)pit shut its mouth on me.

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  1. Psalm 69:14 Lit those who hate me
  2. Psalm 69:14 Lit deep places of water
  3. Psalm 69:15 Lit stream

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

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