Psalms 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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Deliver	הַצִּילֵ֣נִי ha.tzi.Le.ni	H5337	to snatch away · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
mire	מִ֭טִּיט Mi.tit	H2916	mud or clay · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sink	אֶטְבָּ֑עָה 'et.Ba.'ah	H2883	to sink · verb, qal infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
delivered	אִנָּצְלָ֥ה 'i.na.tze.Lah	H5337	to snatch away · verb, niphal infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
hate	מִ֝שֹּֽׂנְאַ֗י mi.so.ne.'Ai	H8130	to hate (personally) · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
deep	וּמִמַּֽעֲמַקֵּי u.mi.ma.'a.ma.kei-	H4615	a deep · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
waters	מָֽיִם Ma.yim	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Psalms 109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
Jeremiah 38:6-13 Then 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 d…
Psalms 69:1-2 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
Lamentations 3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Psalms 25:18-19 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Psalms 35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Psalms 40:1-3 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:13-21

David had been speaking before of the spiteful reproaches which his enemies cast upon him; here he adds, But, as for me, my prayer is unto thee. They spoke ill of him for his fasting and praying, and for that he was made the song of the drunkards; but, notwithstanding that, he resolves to continue praying. Note, Though we may be jeered for well-doing, we must never be jeered out of it. Those can bear but little for God, and their confessing his name before men, that cannot bear a scoff and a hard word rather than quit their duty. David's enemies were very abusive to him, but this was his comfort, that he had a God to go to, with whom he would lodge his cause. "They think to carry their cause…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:13

With increasing reliance on God, he prays for help, describing his distress in the figures of Psa 69:1-2.

John Gill on Psalms 69:14

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink,.... In which he was sinking, Psalm 69:2; and accordingly he was delivered out of it, Psalm 11:2; even out of all the mire of sin, the sins of his people that were upon him, from which he was justified when raised from the dead; and so will appear without sin, when he comes a second time: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters; these phrases design the same, even the enemies of Christ; such that hated him, compared to deep waters: these are the floods of the ungodly, and the many waters out of which he was drawn and delivered, Psalm 18:4.

John Calvin on Psalms 69:14-18

Psalm 69:14-18 14. Deliver me from the mire, that I may not sink: let me be delivered from my adversaries, and from the deep waters. 15. Let not the flood of waters overflow me; and let not the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit [82] close its mouth upon me. 16. Answer me, O Jehovah! for thy mercy [83] is good: in the multitude of thy compassions [84] look upon me. 17. And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hasten! answer me! 18. Draw near to my soul, redeem it; deliver me, on account of my enemies. 14. Deliver me from the mire, that I may not sink. The Psalmist repeats the same similitude which he had used before, but in a different manner. He had previously sai…

The Church Fathers

"Save Me from the mire, that I may not stick" [Psalm 69:14]. From that whereof above he had spoken, "Fixed I am in the clay of the deep, and there is no substance." Furthermore, since you have duly received the exposition of that expression, in this place there is nothing further for you to hear particularly. From hence he says that he must be delivered, wherein before he said that he was fixed: "Save Me from the mire, that I may not stick." And he explains this himself: "Let Me be rescued from them that hate Me." They were themselves therefore the clay wherein he had stuck. But the following perchance suggests itself. A little before he had said, Fixed I am; now he says, Save Me from the mire, that I may not stick: whereas after the meaning of what was said before he ought to have said, Save Me from the mire where I had stuck, by rescuing Me, not by causing that I stick not. Therefore He had stuck in flesh, but had not stuck in spirit. He says this, because of the infirmity of His members. Whenever perchance you are seized by one that urges you to iniquity, your body indeed is taken, in regard to the body you are fixed in the clay of the deep: but so long as you consent not, you have not stuck; but if you consent, you have stuck. Let then your prayer be in that place, in order that as your body is now held, so your soul may not be held, so you may be free in bonds.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 69

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Dictionary and topics

Gall — (1) Heb. mererah, meaning “bitterness” (Job 16:13); i.e., the bile secreted in the liver. This word is also used of the poison of asps (20:14), and of the vitals, the seat of life (25). (2.) Heb.…
Gin — A trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used, mokesh, means a noose or “snare,” as it is elsewhere rendered (Ps. 18:5; Prov. 13:14, etc.). (2.) Job 18:9, Isa. 8:14, Heb. pah, a plate…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Shoshannim — Lilies, the name of some musical instrument, probably like a lily in shape (Ps. 45; 69, title). Some think that an instrument of six strings is meant.
Persecution · OF JESUS — OF JESUS

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 69:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:13-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:13

John Gill on Psalms 69:14

John Calvin on Psalms 69:14-18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 69:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:13-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:13

John Gill on Psalms 69:14

John Calvin on Psalms 69:14-18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 69:14-21

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 69:13-18

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 69:14