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! The water is already up to my neck! I am sinking in deep mud. There is nothing to stand on. I am in deep water. A flood is sweeping me away. 3I am exhausted from crying for help. My throat is hoarse. My eyes are strained ⌞from⌟ looking for my God. 4Those who hate me for no reason outnumber the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me are mighty. They have no reason to be my enemies. I am forced to pay back 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 pulled me out of a horrible pit, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure.
• Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son. It was in the courtyard of the prison. They used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
• Psalms 88:6You have put me in the bottom of the pit—in deep, dark places.
• Ezekiel 27:26Your rowers took you out to the high seas, and an east wind wrecked you in the sea.
• Psalms 32:6For this reason let all godly people pray to you when you may be found. Then raging floodwater will not reach them.
• Genesis 7:17The flood continued for 40 days on the earth. The water increased and lifted the ship so that it rose high above the ground.
• Matthew 7:25Rain poured, and floods came. Winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not collapse, because its foundation was on rock.
• Matthew 26:37He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons with him. He was beginning to feel deep anguish.

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