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13 O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me.[a]
O God, because of your great loyal love,
answer me with your faithful deliverance.[b]
14 Rescue me from the mud. Don’t let me sink.
Deliver me[c] from those who hate me,
from the deep water.
15 Don’t let the current overpower me.
Don’t let the deep swallow me up.
Don’t let the Pit[d] devour me.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:13 tn Heb “as for me, [may] my prayer be to you, O Lord, [in] a time of favor.”
  2. Psalm 69:13 tn Heb “O God, in the abundance of your loyal love, answer me in the faithfulness of your deliverance.”
  3. Psalm 69:14 tn Heb “let me be delivered.”
  4. Psalm 69:15 tn Heb “well,” which here symbolizes the place of the dead (cf. Ps 55:23).
  5. Psalm 69:15 tn Heb “do not let the well close its mouth upon me.”

13 But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;(A)
in your great love,(B) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.
14 Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.(C)
15 Do not let the floodwaters(D) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up(E)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.(F)

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