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Psalms 69:15

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.
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

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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.

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Let not the flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth on me.

69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

What does Psalms 69:15 mean?

Psalms 69:15 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מַיִם (mayim), שָׁטַף (shâṭaph), מְצוֹלָה (mᵉtsôwlâh).

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Let
not
the
waterfloodמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
overflowשָׁטַףshâṭaph/shaw-taf'/H7857to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
me,
neither
let
the
deepמְצוֹלָהmᵉtsôwlâh/mets-o-law'/H4688a deep place (of water or mud)
swallow
me
up,בָּלַעbâlaʻ/baw-lah'/H1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
and
let
not
the
pitבְּאֵרbᵉʼêr/be-ayr'/H875a pit; especially a well
shutאָטַרʼâṭar/aw-tar'/H332to close up
her
mouthפֶּהpeh/peh/H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
upon
me.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 69:15.

Genesis 21:19

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

Genesis 21:25

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

Genesis 24:11

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. that: Heb. that women who draw water go forth

Genesis 26:18

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

Genesis 26:19

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. springing: Heb. living

Genesis 29:10

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

Genesis 29:2

And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.

Genesis 29:3

And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.

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What does Psalms 69:15 say?

Psalms 69:15 (King James Version) reads: "Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me."

Is Psalms 69:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 69:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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