Psalms 69:3
I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
In Context
2SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
Cross References
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.
Psalms 6:6For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell?
Psalms 22:2O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
Psalms 25:21The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee.
Psalms 40:3And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.
Psalms 88:7They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:2-13
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins… Read the whole commentary →