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.

Ver. 15. Let not the waterflood overflow me] See Psalms 69:1 .

Let not the pit shut] Leave me not helpless and hopeless.

Vivere spe facias qui moriturus eram.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 69:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let not the waterflood overflow me - The stream; the volume of waters. The idea is that of a flood or stream rolling along, that threatened to dr...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXIX. A Prayer for Deliverance and Revenge. The author was a pious Jew, burning with zeal for the purity of the Temple worship ( Psalms 69:9 ). He...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This whole Ps. should be compared with Psalms 22:31 , 35, 38,, 40. It is the prayer of one who is in deep distress, wrongfully persecuted by enemies...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The pit ] may be, like the waters, a general metaphor for trouble, but it is more likely that the grave is meant.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Pit. — Properly, well. A stone usually covered the wells ( Genesis 29:10 ), which explains the phrase, “shut her mouth.” Is this merely figurativ...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow profounder or more intense than in this. The soul of the singer pours itself out in u...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! if you are much acquainted with the evangelists accounts of Jesus's sufferings in the garden and on the cross (and if you are not, it is much...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let not the water flood overflow me ,.... The enemy, Satan, that came in like a flood upon him, with his whole posse of devils; or the wrath of God,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let me be delivered from them that hate me By thus speaking, he explains his meaning in the metaphors here used of mire, waters, deep , and pit....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Petitions. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee,...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We shall read together at this time a part of the 69 th Psalm, and afterwards two passages in the New Testament. Although there is no doubt that th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

But as for me, my prayer is unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time. The compassionable, commendable, and censurable I. The compassionable. Th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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¹⁵ Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 69:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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