Psalms 69:15
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Psalms 69:15 in other translations
| BSB | Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me. |
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| WEB | Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me. |
| ASV | Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me. |
| YLT | Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me. |
| DARBY | Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me. |
| BBE | Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld. |
| Webster | Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. |
What does Psalms 69:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:13-15
13-15. With increasing reliance on God, he prays for help, describing his distress in the figures of Psa 69:1, 2.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 69:13-21
Whatever deep waters of affliction or temptation we sink into, whatever floods of trouble or ungodly men seem ready to overwhelm us, let us persevere in prayer to our Lord to save us. The tokens of God's favour to us are enough to keep our spirits from sinking in the deepest outward troubles. If we think well of God, and continue to do so under the greatest hardships, we need not fear but he will do well for us. And…
Psalms 69:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 69:15
- Revelation 12:15-16
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
- Acts 2:24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
- Isaiah 43:1-2
But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
- Jonah 2:2-7
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. …
- Psalms 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Psalms 88:4-6
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
- Numbers 16:33-34
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
- Acts 2:31
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
- Psalms 124:4-5
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
- Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 69:14
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.
- Psalms 69:15
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
- Psalms 69:16
Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Psalms 69:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No me anegue el ímpetu de las aguas, ni me suerba la hondura, ni el pozo cierre sobre mí su boca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Délivre-moi du bourbier, et que je n’y enfonce point; que je sois délivré de ceux qui me haïssent et des profondeurs des eaux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Laß die Flut der Wasser mich nicht überströmen, und die Tiefe mich nicht verschlingen; und laß die Grube ihren Mund nicht über mir verschließen! |