Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Psalms 69:1

Context
NETBible

For the music director; according to the tune of “Lilies;” 2  by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck. 3 

XREF

Ps 18:4; Ps 42:7; Ps 45:1; Ps 60:1; Ps 69:2,14,15; Ps 80:1; Isa 28:17; Isa 43:2; La 3:54; Jon 2:3-5; Re 12:15,16; Re 17:15

NET © Notes

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

tn Heb “according to lilies.” See the superscription to Ps 45.

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



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