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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.

KJV

Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

ASV

הַצִּילֵ֣/נִי מִ֭/טִּיט וְ/אַל אֶטְבָּ֑עָה אִנָּצְלָ֥ה מִ֝/שֹּֽׂנְאַ֗/י וּ/מִ/מַּֽעֲמַקֵּי מָֽיִם

Hebrew

Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.

YLT

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.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
הָטְבָּ֑עוּ
htb'v
verb · 10×
טִֽיט
tyt
noun · 13×
י
y
verb · 148×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מַֽעֲמַקֵּי
m'mqy
noun · 5×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • Isa 43:1 — 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.
  • Jonah 2:2 — 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.
  • Ps 16:10 — For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
  • Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 88:6 — Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
  • Ps 124:4 — Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
  • Rev 12:15 — 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.