69:14 Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink!
Deliver me 1 from those who hate me,
from the deep water!
69:15 Don’t let the current overpower me!
Don’t let the deep swallow me up!
Don’t let the pit 2 devour me! 3
[69:14] 1 tn Heb “let me be delivered.”
[69:15] 2 tn Heb “well,” which here symbolizes the place of the dead (cf. Ps 55:23).
[69:15] 3 tn Heb “do not let the well close its mouth upon me.”
