Psalms 69:1-2

Psalm 69 ¹ 

For the music director; according to the tune of “Lilies;” ²  by David.

69:1 Deliver me, O God,

for the water has reached my neck. ³ 

69:2 I sink into the deep mire

where there is no solid ground; ⁴ 

I am in ⁵  deep water,

and the current overpowers me.

Psalms 69:14-15

69:14 Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink!

Deliver me ⁶  from those who hate me,

from the deep water!

69:15 Don’t let the current overpower me!

Don’t let the deep swallow me up!

Don’t let the pit ⁷  devour me! ⁸ 

Psalms 93:3-4

93:3 The waves ⁹  roar, O Lord,

the waves roar,

the waves roar and crash. ¹⁰ 

93:4 Above the sound of the surging water, ¹¹ 

and the mighty waves of the sea,

the Lord sits enthroned in majesty. ¹² 

Revelation 12:15-16

12:15 Then ¹³  the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to ¹⁴  sweep her away by a flood, 12:16 but ¹⁵  the earth came to her rescue; ¹⁶  the ground opened up ¹⁷  and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.

Revelation 17:15

17:15 Then ¹⁸  the angel ¹⁹  said to me, “The waters you saw (where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes, ²⁰  nations, and languages.

[69:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 69. The psalmist laments his oppressed condition and asks the Lord to deliver him by severely judging his enemies.

[69:1]  ² tn Heb “according to lilies.” See the superscription to Ps 45.

[69:1]  ³ tn The Hebrew term נפשׁ (nefesh) here refers to the psalmist’s throat or neck. The psalmist compares himself to a helpless, drowning man.

[69:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and there is no place to stand.”

[69:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “have entered.”

[69:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “let me be delivered.”

[69:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “well,” which here symbolizes the place of the dead (cf. Ps 55:23).

[69:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “do not let the well close its mouth upon me.”

[93:3]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew noun translated “waves” often refers to rivers or streams, but here it appears to refer to the surging waves of the sea (see v. 4, Ps 24:2).

[93:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the waves lift up, O Lord, the waves lift up their voice, the waves lift up their crashing.”

[93:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “mighty waters.”

[93:4]  ¹² tn Heb “mighty on high [is] the Lord.”

[12:15]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[12:15]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “so that he might make her swept away.”

[12:16]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present here.

[12:16]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “the earth helped the woman.”

[12:16]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “the earth opened its mouth” (a metaphor for the ground splitting open).

[17:15]  ¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[17:15]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:15]  ²⁰ tn Grk “and multitudes,” but καί (kai) has not been translated here and before the following term since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.