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, God, for the water has risen to my neck. I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep water, and a flood sweeps over me. 3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. 4Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me, are powerful. 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

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 from a desolate pit, out of the muddy clay, and set my feet on a rock, making my steps secure.
• Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
• Psalms 88:6You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths.
• Ezekiel 27:26Your rowers have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the sea.
• Psalms 32:6Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to you immediately. When great floodwaters come, they will not reach him.
• Genesis 7:17The flood continued for forty days on the earth; the water increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.
• Matthew 7:25The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.
• Matthew 26:37Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

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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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