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.
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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.
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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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(69-15) 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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Passages linked to Psalms 69:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 144:7 Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners,
- Psalms 109:21 But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
- Jeremiah 38:6-13 Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire. Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king was then sitting in Benjamin’s gate), Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying, “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon. He is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.” Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.” So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords.” Jeremiah did so. So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
- Psalms 69:1-2 Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
- Psalms 25:18-19 Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins. Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.
- Psalms 35:19 Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
- Psalms 40:1-3 I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand. He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
- Psalms 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
- Psalms 42:7 Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
- Psalms 69:15 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.
- Psalms 109:3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
- Psalms 124:4-5 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul; then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
- Lamentations 3:55 I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
- Mark 14:34-42 He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch.” He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.” He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you watch one hour? Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words. Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn’t know what to answer him. He came the third time, and said to them, “Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Arise! Let’s get going. Behold: he who betrays me is at hand.”
- Mark 15:34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
- Luke 19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’
- Luke 19:27 But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’ ”
- Acts 5:30-31 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree. God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 14. Deliver me from the mire, that I may…
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 said that he was sunk in the mire, and now he prays that he may not sink in it. In short, he now prays that those things may not now befall him which he had formerly complained of as having befallen him. But it is very easy to reconcile this diversity of statement; for in the opening of the psalm he spake according to his actual feeling and experience; but now, looking to the issue, although living in the midst of death, he cherishes the hope of deliverance. This is expressed still more clearly in the last clause of the 15th verse, where he prays, Let not the pit close its mouth upon me; which is as if he had said, Let not the great multitude and weight of my afflictions overwhelm me, and let not sorrow swallow me up.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He showeth a lively faith, in that that he…
He showeth a lively faith, in that that he assureth himself, that God is favorable to him, when he seemeth to be angry: and at hand when he seemeth to be far off.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and…
Psa 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.
Ver. 14. Deliver me out of the mire] i.e. De civitate Gehennae, from the state of hell, saith the Hebrew scholiast; {a} out of that deadly danger whereof he had complained, Psa 69:2. Alphonsus, king of Arragon, by a gracious condescension, helped a laden ass out of the mire with his own hand, and is renowned for it in history (Val. Max. Christ. 41). God helpeth his out full oft, and little notice is taken of it.
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{a} One who writes explanatory notes upon an author; esp. an ancient commentator upon a classical writer.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Them that hate me; whereby he explains his meaning…
Them that hate me; whereby he explains his meaning in these metaphors of mire, and waters, and deep, and pit.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Deliver me out of the mire, and let me…
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink,.... In which he was sinking, Psa 69:2; and accordingly he was delivered out of it, Psa 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, Psa 18:4.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 69:14-18. Let me be delivered from them that…
Psa 69:14-18. Let me be delivered from them that hate me — By thus speaking, he explains his meaning in the metaphors here used of mire, waters, deep, and pit. For thy loving-kindness is good — Is eminently and unspeakably good; is gracious, or bountiful; the positive degree being put for the superlative: it is most ready to communicate itself to miserable and indigent creatures: the Hebrew word חסד, chesed, here used, signifying abundance of goodness, or mercifulness. Draw nigh unto my soul — To support and relieve it, O thou who seemest to be departed far away from me. Deliver me because of mine enemies — Because they are enemies to thee as well as to me, and if they succeed, will triumph, not only over me, but in some sort over thee and over religion.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Deliver me out of the mire - Out of…
Deliver me out of the mire - Out of my troubles and calamities. See Psa 69:1-2.
And let me not sink - As in, mire. Let me not be overwhelmed by my sorrows.
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Let me be delivered from them that hate me - All my enemies. Let me be saved from their machinations and devices.
And out of the deep waters - See Psa 69:1-2. From my troubles.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14, 15. In his prayer he repeats the words…
14, 15. In his prayer he repeats the words which he had previously used to describe his plight (Psa_69:2; Psa_69:4). It is difficult to see why the R.V. has substituted overwhelm for overflow here and not in Psa_69:2, the Heb. word being the same in both cases.
let not the pit &c.] Either the grave (Psa_55:23), or a dungeon (Lam_3:53; Lam_3:55), may be meant. In the latter case Jeremiah’s experience (ch. Psa_38:6) may have suggested the metaphor; but the words are not to be understood literally of release from Malchiah’s dungeon.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Deliver me out of the mire, and let me…
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink (comp. ver. 2, with the comment). Let me be delivered from them that hate me (see ver. 4). And out of the deep waters (comp. vers. 1, 2).
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 14. Deliver me out of the mire and…
Ver. 14. Deliver me out of the mire and let me not sink. He turns into prayer the very words of his complaint; and it is well, if, when we complain, we neither feel nor say anything which we should fear to utter before the Lord as a prayer. We are allowed to ask for deliverance from trouble as well as for support under it; both petitions are here combined. How strange it seems to hear such language from the Lord of glory. Let me be delivered from them that hate, me, and out of the deep waters. Both from his foes, and the griefs which they caused him, he seeks a rescue. God can help us in all ways, and we may, therefore, put up a variety of requests without fear of exceeding our liberty to ask, or his ability to answer.
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Ver. 14-16.
I. The depth from which prayer may rise.
II. The height to which it may ascend. Thus Jonah, when
at the bottom of the sea, says, "My prayer came up, "
etc. G. R.
Psalms 69:15*
Ver. 14-16.
I. The depth from which prayer may rise.
II. The height to which it may ascend. Thus Jonah, when
at the bottom of the sea, says, "My prayer came up, "
etc. G. R.
Ver. 14-16.
I. The depth from which prayer may rise.
II. The height to which it may ascend. Thus Jonah, when
at the bottom of the sea, says, "My prayer came up, "
etc. G. R.
Psalms 69:17*
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Deliver me out of the mire, and let me…
Psa_69:14
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink.
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The believer sinking in the mire
Many rivers, and especially the Nile, have on their banks deep deposits of black mud, and it is most perilous for any who have the misfortune to fall into it. The more they struggle to get out the deeper they sink. Travellers tell of such incidents. Had David really witnessed such a scene, that speaking of his spiritual sorrows, he said, I sink in deep mire where there is no standing? Now, the prayer of our text suggests--
I. That the true believer may be. In the mire and very near sinking.
1. In the mire of unbelief. Even the firmest in faith lose their foothold at times. All manner of doubts crowd into the mind. They are compelled to pray this prayer.
2. Through lack of full assurance of his own interest in Christ.
3. The mire of temporal trouble.
4. Of inward corruption.
5. Of Satanic temptations.
6. Various are the causes of this sad condition. Sometimes it is through our own sin. It is a chastisement upon us. Sometimes to try our faith; or that we may the better glorify God, or to show the natural weakness of the creature, that no flesh may glory in man; or to make heaven sweeter when we enter its pearly gates. But all the while, these sinking ones are really Gods people, for if they were not, they would have no such trouble. The sinner whose element is sin laughs at the weight by which the believer is borne down. The best of Gods saints have known such trouble. Luther did, and John Knox, and many more.
II. But when in such a state they know that their only help is in God. The Bible cannot help, for unbelief bars you off from all its precious promises. Other believers cannot aid you. God alone can.
III. Prayer is the Christians never-failing resort. When you cannot use your sword, you may take the weapon of all-prayer. That is never forbidden. And it is never futile, it ever has true power. Oh, never let us cease to pray. In asthma you say, I cannot breathe; but you must breathe if you would live. And so in the condition told of here you must, though you think you cannot, pray. But let us walk carefully, lest we fall into the mire. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
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