Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. New Living Translation Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire; I can’t find a foothold. I am in deep water, and the floods overwhelm me. English Standard Version I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. Berean Standard Bible I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. King James Bible I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. New King James Version I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me. New American Standard Bible I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. NASB 1995 I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. NASB 1977 I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. Legacy Standard Bible I have sunk in deep clay, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. Amplified Bible I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me. Christian Standard Bible I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep water, and a flood sweeps over me. Holman Christian Standard Bible I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me. American Standard Version I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English I have sunk into a deep abyss and there was no place to stand in it; I entered the depth of waters and a whirlpool sank me. Brenton Septuagint Translation I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me. Contemporary English Version I am sinking deep in the mud, and my feet are slipping. I am about to be swept under by a mighty flood. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. GOD'S WORD® Translation I am sinking in deep mud. There is nothing to stand on. I am in deep water. A flood is sweeping me away. Good News Translation I am sinking in deep mud, and there is no solid ground; I am out in deep water, and the waves are about to drown me. International Standard Version I am sinking in deep mire, and there is no solid ground. I have come into deep water, and the flood overwhelms me. JPS Tanakh 1917 I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me. Literal Standard Version I have sunk in deep mire, | And there is no standing, | I have come into the depths of the waters, | And a flood has overflown me. Majority Standard Bible I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. New American Bible I have sunk into the mire of the deep, where there is no foothold. I have gone down to the watery depths; the flood overwhelms me. NET Bible I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me. New Revised Standard Version I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. New Heart English Bible I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. Webster's Bible Translation I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. World English Bible I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. Young's Literal Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Waters Are Up to My Neck1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. 2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. 3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.… Cross References Job 22:11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. Job 30:19 He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes. Psalm 18:4 The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. Psalm 40:2 He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. Psalm 42:7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me. Psalm 69:14 Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. Psalm 124:4 then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us, Treasury of Scripture I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I sink Psalm 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. Jeremiah 38:6,22 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire… deep mire [heb] the mire of depth Psalm 88:6,7 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps… Ezekiel 27:26-34 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas… the floods Psalm 32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. Genesis 7:17-23 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth… Matthew 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. Jump to Previous Deep Depths Earth Engulf Feet Flood Floods Flowing Foothold Mire Miry Overflow Overflown Overflows Sink Soft Standing Sunk Support Sweeps Waters WavesJump to Next Deep Depths Earth Engulf Feet Flood Floods Flowing Foothold Mire Miry Overflow Overflown Overflows Sink Soft Standing Sunk Support Sweeps Waters WavesPsalm 69 1. David complains of his affliction13. He prays for deliverance 22. He devotes his enemies to destruction 30. He praises God with thanksgiving Verse 2. - I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing. "Mire" and "clay" are metaphors for dangers and difficulties, which entangle a man and incapacitate him from exertion (comp. Psalm 40:2). I am come into deep waters (comp. ver. 15; and see also Psalm 124:4, 5; Psalm 130:1). Where the floods overflow me; i.e. "I am utterly overwhelmed by my misfortunes." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I have sunkטָבַ֤עְתִּי ׀ (ṭā·ḇa‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 2883: To sink, sink down into the miry בִּיוֵ֣ן (bî·wên) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3121: Dregs, mud depths, מְ֭צוּלָה (mə·ṣū·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4688: A deep place where [there is] no וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle footing; מָעֳמָ֑ד (mā·‘o·māḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4613: A standing ground, foothold I have drifted בָּ֥אתִי (bā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go into deep בְמַעֲמַקֵּי־ (ḇə·ma·‘ă·maq·qê-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4615: A deep waters, מַ֝֗יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen where the flood וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶת (wə·šib·bō·leṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7641: A stream, an ear of grain, a branch engulfs me. שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃ (šə·ṭā·p̄ā·ṯə·nî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular Strong's 7857: To gush, to inundate, cleanse, to gallop, conquer Links Psalm 69:2 NIVPsalm 69:2 NLT Psalm 69:2 ESV Psalm 69:2 NASB Psalm 69:2 KJV Psalm 69:2 BibleApps.com Psalm 69:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 69:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 69:2 French Bible Psalm 69:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 69:2 I sink in deep mire where there (Psalm Ps Psa.) |