Psalms 69:15
that the rushing flood may not drown me, that the deep may not swallow me up, nor the pit close her mouth upon me.
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14from sinking down in the mire. Lift me out of the deep deep waters,
16Answer me, Lord, in your gracious kindness, turn to me in your great compassion.
Cross References
Genesis 7:18It floated on the surface as the waters rose higher over the land.
Psalms 16:10For you will not give me up to Sheol nor let any who love you see the pit.
Psalms 124:4Then the waters would’ve swept us away, and the torrent passed over us clean:
Jonah 2:2and said: I cried out of my distress, to the Lord and he answered me; out of the midst of Sheol I cried aloud, and you heard my voice.
Acts 2:24But God released him from the pangs of death and raised him to life, it being impossible for death to retain its hold on him.
Revelation 12:15Then the snake poured water from its mouth after the woman, like a river, so that it might sweep her away.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:14-22
Complaints and Petitions. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord , in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Hear me, O Lord ; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy… Read the whole commentary →