Psalms 69:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.

📖 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 Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water! 15 Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me!
• Ps 42:7 : 7 One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
• Ps 45:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by the Korahites, a well-written poem, a love song. My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. I say,“I have composed this special song for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.”
• Isa 43:2 : 2 When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
• Lam 3:54 : 54 The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.
• Jonah 2:3-5 : 3 You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me. 4 I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple! 5 Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
• Rev 12:15-16 : 15 Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood, 16 but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.
• Rev 17:15 : 15 Then the angel said to me,“The waters you saw(where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
• Ps 60:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!
• Ps 69:2 : 2 I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.
• Ps 80:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the cherubim, reveal your splendor!
• Isa 28:17 : 17 I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.
• Job 22:11 : 11 why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
• Ps 18:4 : 4 The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
• Ps 32:6 : 6 For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.