Psalms 69:2

I sink in deep mire, where is no standing; I have come into deep waters, and the waves flow over me.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1“For the leader of the music. Upon the Shoshannim. A psalm of David.” Save me, O God! For the waters press in to my very life!

3I am weary with crying; my throat is parched; Mine eyes are wasted, while I wait for my God.

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Cross References

Psalms 32:6Therefore shall every pious man pray to thee, while thou mayst be found; Surely the floods of great waters shall not come near him.

Psalms 88:6Thou hast placed me in a deep pit, In a dark and deep abyss.

Jeremiah 38:22Behold, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Judah shall be brought forth to the chieftains of the king of Babylon, and shall say, 'Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire; they go backward.'

Jonah 2:6I sank down to the foundations of the mountains; The bars of the earth were about me forever; Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah, my God!

Matthew 26:37And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to he sorrowful and full of anguish.

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 →

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