Psalm 69:15 {68:16}
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Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep water swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

waterflood

Isaiah 43:1,2 And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine. . . .

Jonah 2:2-7 And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the belly of the fish. . . .

Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Revelation 12:15,16 And the serpent cast out of his mouth, after the woman, water, as it were a river: that he might cause her to be carried away by the river. . . .

pit

Psalm 16:10 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption.

Psalm 88:4-6 I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help, . . .

Numbers 16:33,34 And they went down alive into hell, the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the people. . . .

Acts 2:24,31 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was impossible that he should be holden by it. . . .

Context
The Waters Are Up to My Neck
14Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep water swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.16Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.…
Cross References
Numbers 16:33
And they went down alive into hell, the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the people.

2 Samuel 22:5
For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.

Psalm 28:1
A psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Psalm 69:1
Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. [2] Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.

Psalm 88:6
They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.

Psalm 124:4
Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

Psalm 124:5
Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

Psalm 141:7
As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.

Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

let the floods
שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת (šib·bō·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7641: A stream, an ear of grain, a branch

engulf me
תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤נִי ׀ (tiš·ṭə·p̄ê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7857: To gush, to inundate, cleanse, to gallop, conquer

or the depths
מְצוּלָ֑ה (mə·ṣū·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4688: A deep place

swallow me up;
תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִי (tiḇ·lā·‘ê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf

let not
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

the Pit
בְּאֵ֣ר (bə·’êr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 875: A pit, a well

close
תֶּאְטַר־ (te’·ṭar-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 332: To shut up, close, bind

its mouth
פִּֽיהָ׃ (pî·hā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

over me.
עָלַ֖י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.Let not the flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth on me.

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

Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

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.

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

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

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.

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