Psalm 69:1 “Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.”

Psalm 69:1

Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

World English Bible

Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!

American Standard Version

Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.

Geneva Bible 1599

To him that excelleth upon Shoshannim. A Psalme of David. Save mee, O God: for the waters are entred euen to my soule.

Darby Translation

Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.

Young's Literal Translation

To the Overseer. — 'On the Lilies,' by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul.

Bible in Basic English

Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.

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Cross references

“Shoshannim”

Psalm 45:1 Psalm 60:1 Psalm 80:1

Psalm 45:1 · BSB

My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

Psalm 60:1 · BSB

You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

Psalm 80:1 · BSB

Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

“the waters”

Isaiah 43:2 Lamentations 3:54 Psalm 69:2 Psalm 42:7 Jonah 2:3–5 Revelation 17:15

Isaiah 43:2 · BSB

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Lamentations 3:54 · BSB

The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.

Psalm 69:2 · BSB

I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

Psalm 42:7 · BSB

Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.

Jonah 2:3–5 · BSB

For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

Revelation 17:15 · BSB

Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

Also

Psalm 32:6 Job 22:11

Psalm 32:6 · BSB

Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

Job 22:11 · BSB

it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

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