Psalms 69:14-15

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

Deliver me ¹  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 ²  devour me! ³ 

[69:14]  ¹ tn Heb “let me be delivered.”

[69:15]  ² tn Heb “well,” which here symbolizes the place of the dead (cf. Ps 55:23).

[69:15]  ³ tn Heb “do not let the well close its mouth upon me.”