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Psalms 69:14

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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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 69:15.

הַצִּילֵ֣נִיhatsilenidefendנָצַלverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “defend”, a commandH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).מִ֭טִּיטmititfrom clayטִיטpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from clay”, the ordinary formH2916mud or clay; figuratively, calamityclay, dirt, mire.וְאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.אֶטְבָּ֑עָהetbaahsinkטָבַעverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “sink”, a determination or requestH2883to sinkdrown, fasten, settle, sink.אִנָּצְלָ֥הinatselahdefendנָצַלverb, niphal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “defend”, a determination or requestH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).מִ֝שֹּֽׂנְאַ֗יmisoneayfrom hateשָׂנֵאpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from hate”, a verb used as a describing wordH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.וּמִמַּֽעֲמַקֵּיumimaamaqeand from deepמַעֲמָקconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and from deep”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4615a deepdeep, depth.מָֽיִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(69-15) 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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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters.

World English Bible

Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Darby Translation

Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(69-15) 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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Save me from the mire, that I stick not in it : let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σῶσόν με ἀπὸ πηλοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἐνπαγῶ· ῥυσθείην ἐκ τῶν μισούντων με, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ βάθους τῶν ὑδάτων.