Psalms 69:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ עַֽל־שׁוֹשַׁנִּ֬ים לְדָוִֽד׃

Transliteration

To-the-mĕnaṣṣēaḥ upon-šôšannîm for-dāwid

Grammar Details

• *mĕnaṣṣēaḥ*: Piel participle, masculine singular with prefixed lamed - to the director/choirmaster
• *šôšannîm*: masculine plural noun with prefixed preposition 'al - upon lilies/roses (possibly musical instrument or tune)
• *dāwid*: proper name with prefixed lamed - belonging to/for David

Word Meanings

• *mĕnaṣṣēaḥ*: choir director/musical director/chief musician
• *šôšannîm*: lilies/roses/musical instrument/tune name/musical notation
• *dāwid*: David (proper name)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 69:14-15 : 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. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
• Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
• Ps 45:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
• Isa 43:2 : 2 When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
• Lam 3:54 : 54 Waters flowed over mine head; [then] I said, I am cut off.
• Jonah 2:3-5 : 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
• Rev 12:15-16 : 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
• Rev 17:15 : 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
• Ps 60:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
• Ps 69:2 : 2 I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
• Ps 80:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.
• Isa 28:17 : 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
• Job 22:11 : 11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
• Ps 18:4 : 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
• Ps 32:6 : 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.