English Standard Version
Psalms 69:1
1Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.
Psalms 69:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
- New International Version (NIV)Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Save me, O God, for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
Context of Psalms 69:1
Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. 2I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. 3I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
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הוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נִי אֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֤י בָ֖אוּ מַ֣יִם עַד־נָֽפֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 69:1
- Psalms 45:1My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
- Psalms 60:1O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.
- Psalms 80:1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
- Psalms 69:2I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.
- Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;
- Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me.
- Isaiah 28:17And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."
- Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
- Lamentations 3:54water closed over my head; I said, 'I am lost.'
- Jonah 2:3For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
- Revelation 12:15The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.
- Revelation 17:15And the angel said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.
Commentaries on Psalms 69:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The waters are come in unto my soul - I am in the deepest distress. The waters have broken their dikes, and are just ready to sweep me away! Save me, Lord! In such circumstances I can have no other help. In the first, second, third, fourteenth, and fifteenth verses, the psalmist, speaking in the person of the captives in Babylon, compares their captivity to an abyss of waters, breaking all bounds, and ready to swallow them up; to a deep mire, in which…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Save me, O God - That is, Interpose and deliver me from the dangers which have come upon me. For the waters are come in unto my soul - So as to endanger my life. Waters, deep, raging, overwhelming, are images of calamity or danger. See the notes at Psalm 32:6. Compare Psalm 42:7.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1David complains of great distress. (1-12) And begs for succour. (13-21) He declares the judgments of God. (22-29) He concludes with joy and praise. (30-36) Verses 1-12 We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer here spoken of, and ask why, as well as what he suffered, that, meditating thereon, we may be more humbled for sin, and more convinced of our danger, so that we may feel more gratitude and love, constraining us to live to His glory…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Psalm 45 also mentions this tune, but Psalm 45 praises the glory of kingship. In contrast, Psalm 69 is the cry of a tired king who feels abandoned by the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-361-2. (Compare Psa 40:2). come in unto my soul--literally, "come even to my soul," endanger my life by drowning (Jon 2:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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