A Cry of Distress and a Curse on Adversaries.

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

69 Save me, God,
For the (A)waters have [b]threatened my life.
I have sunk in deep (B)mud, 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 Title Or possibly Lilies
  2. Psalm 69:1 Lit come up to my soul
  3. Psalm 69:2 Lit flowing stream

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.

14 Rescue me from the (A)mud and do not let me sink;
May I be (B)rescued from those who hate me, and from the (C)depths of water.
15 May the [a](D)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the (E)pit close its mouth on me.

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  1. Psalm 69:15 Lit stream

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

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  1. Lamentations 3:54 Or destroyed

54 the waters closed over my head,(A)
    and I thought I was about to perish.(B)

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