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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.
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A Prayer from the Depths
Commentators explain that the 'mire' and 'deep waters' are powerful metaphors for overwhelming troubles, sorrows, and enemies. The psalmist's prayer is a model for believers when they feel like they are sinking under the weight of life's afflictions. It is a raw and honest cry for deliverance from circumstances that threaten to consume us.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Deliver me out of the mire - Out of my troubles and calamities. See (Psalms 69:1–2).
And let me not sink<…
19th Century
Baptist
Imagine you hear your Master as He silently prays this prayer in the streets of Jerusalem; the mob is hooting, but He is praying; women are weeping…
16th Century
Protestant
Deliver me from the mire, that I may not sink. The Psalmist repeats the same comparison which he had used before, but in a different manne…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink In which he was sinking, (Psalms 69:2) ; and accordingly…
Whatever deep waters of affliction or temptation we sink into, whatever floods of trouble or ungodly men seem ready to overwhelm us, let us perseve…
