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

1Please rescue me, God, because the deep water has come up to my neck. I will soon sink into deep mud. There is no safe place to put my feet. I am now in deep water, and the floods pour over me. 3I have shouted so much for help that I am tired and weak. My mouth is so dry that it hurts. I have looked so long for help from you, my God, that my eyes have become weak. 4Very many people hate me with no good reason. They are more than the number of hairs on my head! My enemies are too strong for me. They want to destroy me with their lies. They make me give back to them things that I did not take from them!

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 lifted me out of the deep hole of danger. He picked me up out of the mud. He put my feet on a rock. Then I could walk and not slip.
• Jeremiah 38:6So the officers took hold of Jeremiah. They put him in a deep hole in the palace yard where the guards were. Prince Malkijah had made the hole to store water. There was no water in the hole, but only mud. They tied ropes around Jeremiah and they slowly dropped him into the hole. Jeremiah fell deep into the mud.
• Psalms 88:6You have put me in the deep hole of death, far down in a very dark place.
• Ezekiel 27:26Your sailors took you into the great waves of the sea. There, a strong east wind has caused you to break into small pieces.
• Psalms 32:6Because of this, all your own people should pray to you. They should pray while they still have the chance. Then, when danger comes to them like a river of deep water, they will still be safe.
• Genesis 7:17For 40 days, the water on the earth became deeper. The water lifted the ship high above the ground.
• Matthew 7:25Then a storm came with a lot of rain and wind. The rivers rose up high. Strong winds blew hard against that house. But the house did not fall down because the man had built it on rock.
• Matthew 26:37Then Jesus took Peter and Zebedee's two sons, James and John, with him. He became very sad and upset.

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