Psalm 69:1

Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

"Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul."

Word-by-Word Analysis

יָשַׁע

yâshaʻ

H3467

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

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me O

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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for the

מַיִם

mayim

H4325

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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are

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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in unto my

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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Key Terms in This Verse

Save H3467

יָשַׁע yâshaʻ

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

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waters H4325

מַיִם mayim

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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soul H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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come H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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God H430

אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Cross References

Isaiah 43:2 cross-reference

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 k...

Lamentations 3:54 cross-reference

Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

Psalm 42:7 cross-reference

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

Psalm 32:6 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 69:2 cross-reference

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Psalm 18:4 cross-reference

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Revelation 17:15 cross-reference

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Isaiah 28:17 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 60:1 cross-reference

O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

Psalm 45:1 cross-reference

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.

Job 22:11 cross-reference

Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

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