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.
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Gill's Exposition
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink,.... In which he was sinking, Psa 69:2; and accordingly he was delivered out of it, Psa 11:2; even out of all the mire of sin, the sins of his people…
Barnes' Notes
Deliver me out of the mire - Out of my troubles and calamities. See Psa 69:1-2. And let me not sink - As in, mire. Let me not be overwhelmed by my sorrows. Let me be delivered from them that hate me -…
David had been speaking before of the spiteful reproaches which his enemies cast upon him; here he adds, But, as for me, my prayer is unto thee. They spoke ill of him for his fasting and praying, and…
In his prayer he repeats the words which he had previously used to describe his plight (Psa 69:69; Psa 69:69). It is difficult to see why the R.V. has substituted overwhelmfor overflowhere and not in…
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