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A petitioner struggles in muddy floodwater.
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Psalms 69:0-3

I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no

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0For the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David.

1Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.

2I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the current has swept over me.

3I am weary from crying out; my throat is parched; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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