Psalms 69:2

Psalms 69:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
• New International Version (NIV)I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.

Context of Psalms 69:2

1Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck]. I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me. 3I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God. 4Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully; I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

Psalms 69:2 word by word

טָבַ֤עְתִּי׀ בִּיוֵ֣ן מְ֭צוּלָה וְאֵ֣ין מָעֳמָ֑ד בָּ֥אתִי בְמַעֲמַקֵּי־מַ֝֗יִם וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶת שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I sinkטָבַעţâba‛ · to sinkH2883
• in deepמְצוֹלָהmetsôlâh metsôlâh metsûlâh metsûlâh · depthH4688
• mireיָוֵןyâvên · mireH3121
• no standingמׇעֳמָ֑דmo‛ŏmâd · footholdH4613
• I am comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into deepמַעֲמַקִּיםma‛ămâq · depthsH4615
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• where the floodsשִׁבֹּ֫לֶתshibbôl shibbôleth · streamH7641
• overflowשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857

Cross-references for Psalms 69:2

• Psalms 40:2He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
• Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down [into the cistern] with ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
• Psalms 88:6You have laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.
• Ezekiel 27:26“Your rowers have brought you Into great and deep waters; The east wind has broken and shipwrecked you In the heart of the seas.
• Psalms 32:6Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You [for forgiveness] in a time when You [are near and] may be found; Surely when the great waters [of trial and distressing times] overflow they will not reach [the spirit in] him.
• Genesis 7:17The flood [the great downpour of rain] was forty days and nights on the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it floated [high] above the land.
• Matthew 7:25And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
• Matthew 26:37And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [James and John], He began to be grieved and greatly distressed.

Commentaries on Psalms 69:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2I sink in deep mire - Margin, as in Hebrew, “the mire of the depth.” This would denote either mire which was itself so deep that one could not extricate himself from it; or, mire found in a deep place, as at the bottom of a pit. Compare the notes at Psalm 40:2. An illustration of this might be drawn from the case of Joseph, cast by his brethren into a deep pit Genesis 37:24; or from the case of Jeremiah, thrown into a deep dungeon: “And they let down…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The psalmist sees himself as almost drowning but still surviving chaotic forces and his sense of separation from God (see Psalm 42:7; 69:14, 15; Isaiah 8:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-361-2. (Compare Psa 40:2). come in unto my soul--literally, "come even to my soul," endanger my life by drowning (Jon 2:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 69:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Jesus, the Christ
• Mire
• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Comforter
• Gall
• Psalms
• Restore
• Sink
• Standing
• Channel
• Flood
• Intercession
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 69

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings