Psalms 69:14

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

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The psalmist addresses the LORD in a moment of acute distress, sandwiched between a petition for a timely answer (v. 13) and a warning against being swallowed by floods or the Pit (v. 15).

The words — הַצִּילֵ֣נִי (ha.tzi.lei.ni) and מִטִּ֭יט (mi.tit) from H5337 and H2916 carry the core demands: "deliver me" and "from the mud."

The thread — The motif of rescue from drowning and hostile forces appears in Psalms 144:7 and Psalms 109:21, and aligns with the literal cistern crisis in Jeremiah 38:6.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge total dependence on divine intervention for survival, treating physical drowning and enemy pursuit as parallel threats that only God can halt.

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The Hebrew words

הַצִּילֵ֣נִיha.tzi.Le./nideliver/ me מִ֭טִּיטMi./titfrom/ [the] mud וְאַל־ve./'al-and/ may not אֶטְבָּ֑עָה'et.Ba.'ahI sink אִנָּצְלָ֥ה'i.na.tze.Lahmay I be delivered מִ֝שֹּֽׂנְאַ֗יmi./so.ne.'A/ifrom/ [those who] hate/ me וּמִמַּֽעֲמַקֵּי־u./mi./ma.'a.ma.kei-and/ from/ depths of מָֽיִם׃Ma.yimwater

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Psalms 144:7 Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
Psalms 109:21 But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
Jeremiah 38:6 So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
Psalms 69:1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Lamentations 3:55 I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
Psalms 25:18 Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
Psalms 35:19 Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
Psalms 40:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
Psalms 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
Psalms 42:7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.