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Psalm 69:1-2
Lexham English Bible

A Plea for Deliverance from Persecution

For the music director, according to The Lilies. Of David.[a]

69 Save me, O God,
because waters have come up to my neck.[b]
2 I sink in the mud of the deep, and there is no foothold.
I have come to watery depths,
and the torrent floods over me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
  2. Psalm 69:1 Hebrew “soul” or “life”
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Psalm 69:1-2
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Psalm 69[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

1 Save me, O God,
    for the waters(A) have come up to my neck.(B)
2 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.
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