Psalms 69:2
I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1To the Overseer. — 'On the Lilies,' by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul.
Cross References
Genesis 7:17And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;
Psalms 32:6For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.
Psalms 88:6Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
Jeremiah 38:22That, lo, all the women who have been left in the house of the king of Judah are brought forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, and lo, they are saying: Persuaded thee, and prevailed against thee, Have thine allies, Sunk into mire have thy feet, They have been turned backward.
Jonah 2:6To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars [are] behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.
Matthew 26:37And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy;
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 →