Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
Parallel translations
- WEB Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV Deliver me out of the mire, And let me not sink; Let me be delivered from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.
- NASB Rescue me from the mud and do not let me sink; May I be rescued from those who hate me, and from the depths of water.
- NLT Rescue me from the mud; don’t let me sink any deeper! Save me from those who hate me, and pull me from these deep waters.
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Quick answer
David begs to be rescued from the mire and deep waters of his troubles and from those who hate him. It is an urgent plea for deliverance.
Overview
Returning to the imagery of sinking in mud and floods, David pleads with God to pull him out and save him from his enemies. The cry expresses total dependence on God to rescue from what he cannot escape himself. As a Messianic psalm, it foreshadows Christ's descent into suffering and the Father's deliverance that vindicated him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Ps 144:7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
- Ps 109:21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
- Jer 38:6–13So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
- Ps 69:1–2For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
- Ps 42:2My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
- Ps 25:18–19Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
- Ps 40:1–3For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Lam 3:55I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
- Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
- Ps 124:4–5then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
- Mark 14:34–42Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”
- Ps 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
- Mark 15:34At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
- Ps 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
- Ps 109:3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
- Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
- Ps 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
- Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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