Psalms 69:2
I am sunk in depths of mire, where ground there is none. I am come into deep deep waters, the flood overwhelms me.
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In Context
1Save me, O God; for the waters are threatening my life.
3I am weary of crying, my throat is parched, my eyes are wasted with waiting for God.
Cross References
Genesis 7:17The flood continued for forty days, and the waters increased and raised up the ark, and it was lifted high above the earth.
Psalms 32:6For this cause let all who are faithful pray to you in the time of distress; then, when the great waters rush, they will not reach to him.
Psalms 88:6In the deepest pit you have put me, in shadows deep and dark.
Jonah 2:6I went down to the roots of the mountains; the prison of the earth closed over me forever. Yet you brought up my life from destruction, O Lord my God.
Matthew 26:37Taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to show signs of sadness and deep distress of mind.
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 →