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 are up to my neck. I 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. 4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

Psalms 69:2 word by word

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

• I have sunkטָבַעţâba‛ · to sinkH2883
• into the miryיָוֵןyâvên · mireH3121
• depthsמְצוֹלָהmetsôlâh metsôlâh metsûlâh metsûlâh · depthH4688
• where there is noאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• footingמׇעֳמָ֑דmo‛ŏmâd · footholdH4613
• I have driftedבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into deepמַעֲמַקִּיםma‛ămâq · depthsH4615
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• where the floodשִׁבֹּ֫לֶתshibbôl shibbôleth · streamH7641
• engulfs meשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857

Cross-references for Psalms 69:2

• Psalms 40:2He 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.
• Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
• Psalms 88:6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
• Ezekiel 27:26Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
• Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
• Genesis 7:17For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
• Matthew 7:25The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
• Matthew 26:37He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply 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

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• Comforter
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• Psalms
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• Channel
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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