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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 69:14	Strong Concordance	Deliver [05337] me out of the mire [02916], and let me not sink [02883]: let me be delivered [05337] from them that hate [08130] me, and out of the deep [04615] waters [04325].
	King James	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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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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. 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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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.

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.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
In this second part the petition by which the first is as it were encircled, is continued; the peril grows greater the longer it lasts, and with it the importunity of the cry for help. The figure of sinking in the mire or mud and in the depths of the pit (בּאר, Ps 55:24, cf. בור, Psa 40:3) is again taken up, and so studiously wrought out, that the impression forces itself upon one that the poet is here describing something that has really taken place. The combination "from those who hate me and from the depths of the waters" shows that "the depths of the waters" is not a merely rhetorical figure; and the form of the prayer: let not the pit (the well-pit or covered tank) close (תּאטּר with Dagesh in the Teth, in order to guard against its being read תּאטר; cf. on the signification of אטּר, clausus = claudus, scil. manu) its mouth (i.e., its upper opening) upon me, exceeds the limits of anything that can be allowed to mere rhetoric. "Let not the water-flood overflow me" is intended to say, since it has, according to Psa 69:3, already happened, let it not go further to my entire destruction. The "answer me" in Psa 69:17 is based upon the plea that God's loving-kindness is טּוב, i.e., good, absolutely good (as in the kindred passion-Psalm, Psa 109:21), better than all besides (Psa 63:4), the means of healing or salvation from all evil. On Psa 69:17 cf. Psa 51:3, Lam 3:32. In Psa 69:18 the prayer is based upon the painful situation of the poet, which urgently calls for speedy help (מהר beside the imperative, Psa 102:3; Psa 143:7; Gen 19:22; Est 6:10, is certainly itself not an imperative like הרב, Psa 51:4, but an adverbial infinitive as in Psa 79:8). קרבה, or, in order to ensure the pronunciation ḳorbah in distinction from ḳārbah, Deu 15:9, קרבה (in Baer, (Note: Originally - was the sign for every kind of o6, hence the Masora includes the חטוף also under the name קמץ חטף; vid., Luther. Zeitschrift, 1863, S. 412,f., cf. Wright, Genesis, p. xxix.)) is imperat. Kal; cf. the fulfilment in Lam 3:57. The reason assigned, "because of mine enemies," as in Psa 5:9; Psa 27:11, and frequently, is to be understood according to Psa 13:5 : the honour of the all-holy One cannot suffer the enemies of the righteous to triumph over him. (Note: Both נפשׁי and איבי, contrary to logical interpunction, are marked with Munach; the former ought properly to have Dech, and the latter Mugrash. But since neither the Athnach-word nor the Silluk-word has two syllables preceding the tone syllable, the accents are transformed according to Accentuationssystem, xviii. 2, 4.) The accumulation of synonyms in Psa 69:20 is Jeremiah's custom, Jer 13:14; Jer 21:5, Jer 21:7; Jer 32:37, and is found also in Ps 31 (Psa 31:10) and Ps 44 (Psa 44:4, Psa 44:17, Psa 44:25). On הרפּה שׁברה לבּי, cf. Psa 51:19, Jer 23:9. The ἅπαξ γεγραμ, ואנוּשׁה (historical tense), from נוּשׁ, is explained by ענוּשׁ from אנשׁ, sickly, dangerously ill, evil-disposed, which is a favourite word in Jeremiah. Moreover נוּד in the signification of manifesting pity, not found elsewhere in the Psalter, is common in Jeremiah, e.g., Psa 15:5; it signifies originally to nod to any one as a sign of a pity that sympathizes with him and recognises the magnitude of the evil. "To give wormwood for meat and מי־ראשׁ to drink" is a Jeremianic (Jer 8:14; Jer 9:14; Jer 23:15) designation for inflicting the extreme of pain and anguish upon one. ראשׁ (רושׁ) signifies first of all a poisonous plant with an umbellated head of flower or a capitate fruit; but then, since bitter and poisonous are interchangeable notions in the Semitic languages, it signifies gall as the bitterest of the bitter. The lxx renders: καὶ ἔδωκαν εἰς τὸ βρῶμά μου χολήν, καὶ εἰς τὴν δίψαν μου ἐπότισάν με ὄξος. Certainly נתן בּ can mean to put something into something, to mix something with it, but the parallel word לצמאי (for my thirst, i.e., for the quenching of it, Neh 9:15, Neh 9:20) favours the supposition that the בּ of בּברוּתי is Beth essentiae, after which Luther renders: "they give me gall to eat." The ἅπαξ γεγραμ. בּרוּת (Lam 4:10 בּרות) signifies βρῶσις, from בּרה, βιβρώσκειν (root βορ, Sanscrit gar, Latin vor-are).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

In this second part the petition by which the first is as it were encircled, is continued; the peril grows greater the longer it lasts, and with it the importunity of the cry for help. The figure of sinking in the mire or mud and in the depths of the pit (בּאר, Ps 55:24, cf. בור, Psa 40:3) is again taken up, and so studiously wrought out, that the impression forces itself upon one that the poet is here describing something that has really taken place. The combination "from those who hate me and from the depths of the waters" shows that "the depths of the waters" is not a merely rhetorical figure; and the form of the prayer: let not the pit (the well-pit or covered tank) close (תּאטּר with Dagesh in the Teth, in order to guard against its being read תּאטר; cf. on the signification of אטּר, clausus = claudus, scil. manu) its mouth (i.e., its upper opening) upon me, exceeds the limits of anything that can be allowed to mere rhetoric. "Let not the water-flood overflow me" is intended to say, since it has, according to Psa 69:3, already happened, let it not go further to my entire destruction. The "answer me" in Psa 69:17 is based upon the plea that God's loving-kindness is טּוב, i.e., good, absolutely good (as in the kindred passion-Psalm, Psa 109:21), better than all besides (Psa 63:4), the means of healing or salvation from all evil. On Psa 69:17 cf. Psa 51:3, Lam 3:32. In Psa 69:18 the prayer is based upon the painful situation of the poet, which urgently calls for speedy help (מהר beside the imperative, Psa 102:3; Psa 143:7; Gen 19:22; Est 6:10, is certainly itself not an imperative like הרב, Psa 51:4, but an adverbial infinitive as in Psa 79:8). קרבה, or, in order to ensure the pronunciation ḳorbah in distinction from ḳārbah, Deu 15:9, קרבה (in Baer,

(Note: Originally - was the sign for every kind of o6, hence the Masora includes the חטוף also under the name קמץ חטף; vid., Luther. Zeitschrift, 1863, S. 412,f., cf. Wright, Genesis, p. xxix.))

is imperat. Kal; cf. the fulfilment in Lam 3:57. The reason assigned, "because of mine enemies," as in Psa 5:9; Psa 27:11, and frequently, is to be understood according to Psa 13:5 : the honour of the all-holy One cannot suffer the enemies of the righteous to triumph over him.

(Note: Both נפשׁי and איבי, contrary to logical interpunction, are marked with Munach; the former ought properly to have Dech, and the latter Mugrash. But since neither the Athnach-word nor the Silluk-word has two syllables preceding the tone syllable, the accents are transformed according to Accentuationssystem, xviii. 2, 4.)

The accumulation of synonyms in Psa 69:20 is Jeremiah's custom, Jer 13:14; Jer 21:5, Jer 21:7; Jer 32:37, and is found also in Ps 31 (Psa 31:10) and Ps 44 (Psa 44:4, Psa 44:17, Psa 44:25). On הרפּה שׁברה לבּי, cf. Psa 51:19, Jer 23:9. The ἅπαξ γεγραμ, ואנוּשׁה (historical tense), from נוּשׁ, is explained by ענוּשׁ from אנשׁ, sickly, dangerously ill, evil-disposed, which is a favourite word in Jeremiah. Moreover נוּד in the signification of manifesting pity, not found elsewhere in the Psalter, is common in Jeremiah, e.g., Psa 15:5; it signifies originally to nod to any one as a sign of a pity that sympathizes with him and recognises the magnitude of the evil. "To give wormwood for meat and מי־ראשׁ to drink" is a Jeremianic (Jer 8:14; Jer 9:14; Jer 23:15) designation for inflicting the extreme of pain and anguish upon one. ראשׁ (רושׁ) signifies first of all a poisonous plant with an umbellated head of flower or a capitate fruit; but then, since bitter and poisonous are interchangeable notions in the Semitic languages, it signifies gall as the bitterest of the bitter. The lxx renders: καὶ ἔδωκαν εἰς τὸ βρῶμά μου χολήν, καὶ εἰς τὴν δίψαν μου ἐπότισάν με ὄξος. Certainly נתן בּ can mean to put something into something, to mix something with it, but the parallel word לצמאי (for my thirst, i.e., for the quenching of it, Neh 9:15, Neh 9:20) favours the supposition that the בּ of בּברוּתי is Beth essentiae, after which Luther renders: "they give me gall to eat." The ἅπαξ γεγραμ. בּרוּת (Lam 4:10 בּרות) signifies βρῶσις, from בּרה, βιβρώσκειν (root βορ, Sanscrit gar, Latin vor-are).

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¹ To the chief Musician [05329] upon Shoshannim [07799], A Psalm of David [01732]. Save [03467] me, O God [0430]; for the waters [04325] are come [0935] in unto my soul [05315].
² I sink [02883] in deep [04688] mire [03121], where there is no standing [04613]: I am come [0935] into deep [04615] waters [04325], where the floods [07641] overflow [07857] me.

¹⁰ The hands [03027] of the pitiful [07362] women [0802] have sodden [01310] their own children [03206]: they were their meat [01262] in the destruction [07667] of the daughter [01323] of my people [05971].

²⁰ Thou gavest [05414] also thy good [02896] spirit [07307] to instruct [07919] them, and withheldest [04513] not thy manna [04478] from their mouth [06310], and gavest [05414] them water [04325] for their thirst [06772].

¹⁵ And gavest [05414] them bread [03899] from heaven [08064] for their hunger [07458], and broughtest forth [03318] water [04325] for them out of the rock [05553] for their thirst [06772], and promisedst [0559] them that they should go in [0935] to possess [03423] the land [0776] which thou hadst sworn [03027] [05375] to give [05414] them.

¹⁵ Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] concerning the prophets [05030]; Behold, I will feed [0398] them with wormwood [03939], and make them drink [08248] the water [04325] of gall [07219]: for from the prophets [05030] of Jerusalem [03389] is profaneness [02613] gone forth [03318] into all the land [0776].

¹⁴ But have walked [03212] after [0310] the imagination [08307] of their own heart [03820], and after [0310] Baalim [01168], which their fathers [01] taught [03925] them:

¹⁴ Why do we sit still [03427]? assemble [0622] yourselves, and let us enter [0935] into the defenced [04013] cities [05892], and let us be silent [01826] there: for the LORD [03068] our God [0430] hath put us to silence [01826], and given us water [04325] of gall [07219] to drink [08248], because we have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068].

⁵ He that putteth not out [05414] his money [03701] to usury [05392], nor taketh [03947] reward [07810] against the innocent [05355]. He that doeth [06213] these things shall never [05769] be moved [04131].

⁹ Mine heart [03820] within [07130] me is broken [07665] because of the prophets [05030]; all my bones [06106] shake [07363]; I am like a drunken [07910] man [0376], and like a man [01397] whom wine [03196] hath overcome [05674], because [06440] of the LORD [03068], and because of the words [01697] of his holiness [06944].

¹⁹ Then shalt thou be pleased [02654] with the sacrifices [02077] of righteousness [06664], with burnt offering [05930] and whole [03632] burnt offering [05930]: then shall they offer [05927] bullocks [06499] upon thine altar [04196].

²⁵ For our soul [05315] is bowed down [07743] to the dust [06083]: our belly [0990] cleaveth [01692] unto the earth [0776].

¹⁷ All this is come [0935] upon us; yet have we not forgotten [07911] thee, neither have we dealt falsely [08266] in thy covenant [01285].

⁴ Thou art my King [04428], O God [0430]: command [06680] deliverances [03444] for Jacob [03290].

¹⁰ For my life [02416] is spent [03615] with grief [03015], and my years [08141] with sighing [0585]: my strength [03581] faileth [03782] because of mine iniquity [05771], and my bones [06106] are consumed [06244].

³⁷ Behold, I will gather them out [06908] of all countries [0776], whither I have driven [05080] them in mine anger [0639], and in my fury [02534], and in great [01419] wrath [07110]; and I will bring them again [07725] unto this place [04725], and I will cause them to dwell [03427] safely [0983]:

⁷ And afterward [0310], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], I will deliver [05414] Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and his servants [05650], and the people [05971], and such as are left [07604] in this city [05892] from the pestilence [01698], from the sword [02719], and from the famine [07458], into the hand [03027] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and into the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], and into the hand [03027] of those that seek [01245] their life [05315]: and he shall smite [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; he shall not spare [02347] them, neither have pity [02550], nor have mercy [07355].

⁵ And I myself will fight [03898] against you with an outstretched [05186] hand [03027] and with a strong [02389] arm [02220], even in anger [0639], and in fury [02534], and in great [01419] wrath [07110].

¹⁴ And I will dash [05310] them one [0376] against another [0251], even the fathers [01] and the sons [01121] together [03162], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: I will not pity [02550], nor spare [02347], nor have mercy [07355], but destroy [07843] them.

²⁰ Reproach [02781] hath broken [07665] my heart [03820]; and I am full of heaviness [05136]: and I looked [06960] for some to take pity [05110], but there was none; and for comforters [05162], but I found [04672] none.

⁵ But I have trusted [0982] in thy mercy [02617]; my heart [03820] shall rejoice [01523] in thy salvation [03444].

¹¹ Teach [03384] me thy way [01870], O LORD [03068], and lead [05148] me in a plain [04334] path [0734], because of mine enemies [08324].

⁹ For there is no faithfulness [03559] in their mouth [06310]; their inward [07130] part is very wickedness [01942]; their throat [01627] is an open [06605] sepulchre [06913]; they flatter [02505] with their tongue [03956].

⁵⁷ Thou drewest near [07126] in the day [03117] that I called [07121] upon thee: thou saidst [0559], Fear [03372] not.

⁹ Beware [08104] that there be not a thought [01697] in thy wicked [01100] heart [03824], saying [0559], The seventh [07651] year [08141], the year [08141] of release [08059], is at hand [07126]; and thine eye [05869] be evil [07489] against thy poor [034] brother [0251], and thou givest [05414] him nought; and he cry [07121] unto the LORD [03068] against thee, and it be sin [02399] unto thee.

⁸ O remember [02142] not against us former [07223] iniquities [05771]: let thy tender mercies [07356] speedily [04118] prevent [06923] us: for we are brought [01809] very [03966] low [01809].

⁴ Against thee, thee only, have I sinned [02398], and done [06213] this evil [07451] in thy sight [05869]: that thou mightest be justified [06663] when thou speakest [01696], and be clear [02135] when thou judgest [08199].

¹⁰ Then the king [04428] said [0559] to Haman [02001], Make haste [04116], and take [03947] the apparel [03830] and the horse [05483], as thou hast said [01696], and do [06213] even so to Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064], that sitteth [03427] at the king's [04428] gate [08179]: let nothing [01697] fail [05307] of all that thou hast spoken [01696].

²² Haste [04116] thee, escape [04422] thither; for I cannot [03201] do [06213] any thing [01697] till thou be come [0935] thither. Therefore the name [08034] of the city [05892] was called [07121] Zoar [06820].

⁷ Hear [06030] me speedily [04118], O LORD [03068]: my spirit [07307] faileth [03615]: hide [05641] not thy face [06440] from me, lest I be like [04911] unto them that go down [03381] into the pit [0953].

³ For my days [03117] are consumed [03615] like smoke [06227], and my bones [06106] are burned [02787] as an hearth [04168].

¹⁸ Draw nigh [07126] unto my soul [05315], and redeem [01350] it: deliver [06299] me because of mine enemies [0341].

³² But though he cause grief [03013], yet will he have compassion [07355] according to the multitude [07230] of his mercies [02617].

³ For I acknowledge [03045] my transgressions [06588]: and my sin [02403] is ever [08548] before me.

¹⁷ And hide [05641] not thy face [06440] from thy servant [05650]; for I am in trouble [06887]: hear [06030] me speedily [04118].

⁴ Thus will I bless [01288] thee while I live [02416]: I will lift up [05375] my hands [03709] in thy name [08034].

²¹ But do [06213] thou for me, O GOD [03069] the Lord [0136], for thy name's [08034] sake: because thy mercy [02617] is good [02896], deliver [05337] thou me.

¹⁷ And hide [05641] not thy face [06440] from thy servant [05650]; for I am in trouble [06887]: hear [06030] me speedily [04118].

³ I am weary [03021] of my crying [07121]: my throat [01627] is dried [02787]: mine eyes [05869] fail [03615] while I wait [03176] for my God [0430].

³ And he hath put [05414] a new [02319] song [07892] in my mouth [06310], even praise [08416] unto our God [0430]: many [07227] shall see [07200] it, and fear [03372], and shall trust [0982] in the LORD [03068].