Psalms 69:2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Psalms 69:2 in other translations
| BSB | I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. |
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| WEB | I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. |
| ASV | I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. |
| YLT | I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me. |
| DARBY | I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me. |
| BBE | My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me. |
| Webster | I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. |
What does Psalms 69:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:1-2
Psa 69:1-36. Upon Shoshannim--(See on Psa 45:1, title). Mingling the language of prayer and complaint, the sufferer, whose condition is here set forth, pleads for God's help as one suffering in His cause, implores the divine retribution on his malicious enemies, and, viewing his deliverance as sure, promises praise by himself, and others, to whom God will extend like blessings. This Psalm is referred to seven times…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 69:1-12
We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer here spoken of, and ask why, as well as what he suffered, that, meditating thereon, we may be more humbled for sin, and more convinced of our danger, so that we may feel more gratitude and love, constraining us to live to His glory who died for our salvation. Hence we learn, when in affliction, to commit the keeping of our souls to God, that we may not be…
Psalms 69:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 69:2
- Psalms 40:2
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
- Matthew 7:25
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
- Psalms 32:6
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
- Psalms 88:6-7
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
- Jeremiah 38:22
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
- Genesis 7:17-23
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. …
- Matthew 26:37-38
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
40:2; Jer 38:6,22
deep mire. Heb. the mire of depth. deep waters. Heb. depthof waters.
88:6,7; Eze 27:26-34
the floods.
32:6; Ge 7:17-23; Mt 7:25; 26:37,38
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Context
- Psalms 69:1
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
- Psalms 69:2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
- Psalms 69:3
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms 69:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Estoy hundido en cieno profundo, donde no hay pie: he venido á abismos de aguas, y la corriente me ha anegado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Sauve-moi, ô Dieu! car les eaux me sont entrées jusque dans l’âme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich bin versunken in tiefen Schlamm, und kein Grund ist da; in Wassertiefen bin ich gekommen, und die Flut überströmt mich. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Deus, in adjutorium meum intende; Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina. |