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.
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.
- BSB Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes 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
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- Ps 144:7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
- Ps 109:21But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
- Jer 38:6–13Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
- Ps 69:1–2Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
- Ps 42:2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
- Ps 25:18–19Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
- Ps 40:1–3I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- Lam 3:55I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
- Luke 19:27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Ps 124:4–5Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
- Mark 14:34–42And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
- Ps 35:19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
- Mark 15:34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
- Ps 69:15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
- Ps 109:3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
- Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
- Ps 42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
- Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
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