Psalm 69:14

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.

Cross-references

Psalm 69:1 Parallel

Psalm 69:1 opens with the same water imagery—'waters have come up to my neck'—directly paralleling the plea not to sink.

Psalm 69:2 Parallel

Psalm 69:2 expands on sinking in deep mire and deep waters, the very situation from which deliverance is sought.

Psalm 69:15 Parallel

Psalm 69:15 continues the plea, asking not to be overwhelmed by flood or pit, reinforcing the rescue request.

Psalm 40:1-3 describes being drawn from the miry bog and pit — the exact rescue imagery the psalmist prays for.

Psalm 124:4 Parallel

In Psalm 124:4, the same water imagery describes being overwhelmed by enemies — a parallel cry of deliverance from drowning.

Psalm 124:5 Parallel

In Psalm 124:5, 'proud waters' echo the deep waters of Psalm 69:14 — both depict enemies as overwhelming floodwaters.

Psalm 144:7 Parallel

In Psalm 144:7, the plea to be rescued from 'many waters' mirrors the cry in Psalm 69:14 to be delivered from deep waters.

Psalm 40:2 Parallel

Psalm 40:2 shows the answer to this plea—God lifting from the mire—providing a testimony of deliverance from the same imagery.

Psalm 42:7 Parallel

Psalm 42:7 uses similar water imagery—'waves and billows have gone over me'—to describe overwhelming distress.

Psalm 25:19 Parallel

Psalm 25:19 mentions many foes and violent hatred — directly paralleling the psalmist's request for deliverance from enemies.

Psalm 35:19 Parallel

Psalm 35:19 prays against enemies who hate without cause — echoing the unjust hostility the psalmist faces in context.

Psalm 109:3 Parallel

Psalm 109:3 describes enemies surrounding with words of hatred, echoing the 'those who hate me' in the plea for deliverance.

Psalm 130:1 Parallel

Psalm 130:1 cries from the depths, a parallel plea for mercy, though focused on sin rather than enemies.

Jeremiah 38:6-13 recounts Jeremiah literally sinking in mud and being rescued — a historical parallel to the psalmist's metaphorical plea.

Jonah 2:3 Parallel

Jonah 2:3 describes being hurled into the deep waters, mirroring the distress and cry for rescue here.

In 2 Samuel 22:5, David describes being engulfed by waves of death — the same watery peril imagery as the deep waters in Psalm 69:14.

Lamentations 3:55 calls from the depths of the pit — mirroring the psalmist's cry from deep waters and mire.

Job 27:20 Parallel

In Job 27:20, terrors come like a flood — similar to the deep waters threatening to overwhelm in Psalm 69:14.