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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.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 69:16.

אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “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.תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤נִיtishtefenidrownשָׁטַףverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “drown”, a wish or indirect commandH7857to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquerdrown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).שִׁבֹּ֣לֶתshiboletbranchשִׁבֹּלnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “branch”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7641a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branchbranch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451 (סִבֹּלֶת).מַ֭יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).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.תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִיtivlaenidestroyבָּלַעverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “destroy”, a wish or indirect commandH1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroycover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).מְצוּלָ֑הmetsulahdeepמְצוֹלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deep”, the ordinary formH4688a deep place (of water or mud)bottom, deep, depth.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.תֶּאְטַרtetarshutאָטַרverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “shut”, a wish or indirect commandH332to close upshut.עָלַ֖יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…בְּאֵ֣רbeerwellבְּאֵרnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “well”, the ordinary formH875a pit; especially a wellpit, well.פִּֽיהָpihaedgeפֶּהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(69-16) Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

Young’s Literal Translation

Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.

World English Bible

Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.

Darby Translation

Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(69-16) Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μή με καταποντισάτω καταιγὶς ὕδατος, μηδὲ καταπιέτω με βυθὸς, μηδὲ συνσχέτω ἐπʼ ἐμὲ φρέαρ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ.