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Psalm 69:1-2
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Psalm 69

For the worship leader. A song of David to the tune “Lilies.”[a]

This Davidic lament complains to God of enemies, false witnesses, insults, abandonment by friends and family, and even poisoning. Early Christians interpreted this psalm prophetically in order to understand Jesus’ experience in His suffering and death on the cross.

1 Reach down for me, True God; deliver me.
    The waters have risen to my neck; I am going down!
2 My feet are swallowed in this murky bog;
    I am sinking—there is no sturdy ground.
I am in the deep;
    the floods are crashing in!

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Footnotes

  1. 69:title Hebrew, shoshannim, white lily-like flowers, perhaps the melody to which the song is sung
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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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