Psalms 69:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

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  • Num 16:33-34 : 33 So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people. 34 And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.
  • Ps 16:10 : 10 For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.
  • Ps 88:4-6 : 4 I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help: 5 My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care. 6 You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.
  • Ps 124:4-5 : 4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul; 5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
  • Isa 43:1-2 : 1 But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine. 2 When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
  • Jonah 2:2-7 : 2 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said, 3 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. 4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me. 5 And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple? 6 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head. 7 I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
  • Matt 12:40 : 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  • Acts 2:24 : 24 But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
  • Acts 2:31 : 31 He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.
  • Rev 12:15-16 : 15 And the snake sent out of his mouth after the woman a river of water, so that she might be taken away by the stream. 16 And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth.

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    13 But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain.

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  • Ps 69:1-3
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    84%

    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.> Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.

    2 My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.

    3 I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.

  • Jonah 2:5-6
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    79%

    5 And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?

    6 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
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    5 For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;

    6 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • Ps 69:16-17
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    16 Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.

    17 Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

  • Lam 3:54-55
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    75%

    54 Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.

    55 I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.

  • Jonah 2:3
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    3 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice.

  • Ps 42:7
    74%

    7 Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

  • 2 Sam 22:17
    74%

    17 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

  • Ps 18:16
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    16 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

  • Ps 30:3
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    3 O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

  • Ps 18:4-5
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    73%

    4 The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

    5 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • Ps 143:7
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    7 Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.

  • Ps 35:24-25
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    24 Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

    25 Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

  • Ps 130:1
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    1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

  • Ps 88:6
    72%

    6 You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

  • Ps 28:1
    72%

    1 <Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

  • Ps 124:4-5
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    72%

    4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

    5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

  • Job 14:13
    72%

    13 If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

  • Job 38:16
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    16 Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

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    11 Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

  • Ps 31:17
    71%

    17 Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

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    11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.

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    3 The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

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    19 How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

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    5 They were covered by the deep waters: like a stone they went down under the waves.

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    71%

    12 Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?

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    14 As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.

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    7 Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men;

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    8 Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.

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    20 You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

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    12 Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

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    21 Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.

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    21 Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

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    19 Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.

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    31 Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

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    9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.

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    11 Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

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    13 Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

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    4 Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.