🎵WEB · Psalms 69:1

What does Psalms 69:1 mean?

"Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!"

— Psalms 69:1 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!

2

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

3

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

4

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.

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