A moment in scripture
Psalms 69:14
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 69:12
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
- Psalms 69:13
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
- Psalms 69:15
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
- Psalms 69:16
Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.