Psalm 69:15 “Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not t…”

Psalm 69:15

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let not the water flood drowne mee, neither let the deepe swallowe me vp: and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me.

Darby Translation

Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

Young's Literal Translation

Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Bible in Basic English

Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

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Cross references

“waterflood”

Jonah 2:2–7 Matthew 12:40 Isaiah 43:1 Isaiah 43:2 Revelation 12:15 Revelation 12:16

Jonah 2:2–7 · BSB

saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

Matthew 12:40 · BSB

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Isaiah 43:1 · BSB

But now, this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!

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.

Revelation 12:15 · BSB

Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.

Revelation 12:16 · BSB

But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.

“pit”

Psalm 16:10 Acts 2:24 Psalm 88:4–6 Acts 2:31 Numbers 16:33 Numbers 16:34

Psalm 16:10 · BSB

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Acts 2:24 · BSB

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.

Psalm 88:4–6 · BSB

I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

Acts 2:31 · BSB

Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.

Numbers 16:33 · BSB

They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

Numbers 16:34 · BSB

At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

Also

Psalm 124:4–5

Psalm 124:4–5 · BSB

then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

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

In context

14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.

16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

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