Psalm 69:2 {68:3}
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I stick fast in the mire of the deep and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.

I sink

Psalm 40:2 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Jeremiah 38:6,22 Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Melchias the son of Amelech, which was in the entry of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah by ropes into the dungeon, wherein there was no water, but mire. And Jeremiah sunk into the mire. . . .

deep mire [heb] the mire of depth

Psalm 88:6,7 They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death. . . .

Ezekiel 27:26-34 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind hath broken thee in the heart of the sea. . . .

the floods

Psalm 32:6 For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him.

Genesis 7:17-23 And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth. . . .

Matthew 7:25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.

Matthew 26:37,38 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful and to be sad. . . .

Context
The Waters Are Up to My Neck
1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. [2] Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul. 2I stick fast in the mire of the deep and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.3I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse, my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.…
Cross References
Job 22:11
And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

Job 30:19
I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes.

Psalm 18:4
The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.

Psalm 40:2
And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Psalm 42:7
Deep calleth on deep, at the noise of thy flood-gates. All thy heights and thy billows have passed over me.

Psalm 69:14
Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Psalm 124:4
Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

Psalm 130:1
A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:

Jeremiah 38:6
Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Melchias the son of Amelech, which was in the entry of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah by ropes into the dungeon, wherein there was no water, but mire. And Jeremiah sunk into the mire.

Jeremiah 51:55
Because the Lord hath laid Babylon waste, and destroyed out of her the great voice: and their wave shall roar like many waters: their voice hath made a noise:

Lamentations 3:54
Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

Jonah 2:3
And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice.

Jonah 2:5
And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see the holy temple again.

Lexicon
I have sunk
טָבַ֤עְתִּי ׀ (ṭā·ḇa‘·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2883: To sink, sink down

into the miry
בִּיוֵ֣ן (bî·wên)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3121: Dregs, mud

depths,
מְ֭צוּלָה (mə·ṣū·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4688: A deep place

where [there is] no
וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

footing;
מָעֳמָ֑ד (mā·‘o·māḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4613: A standing ground, foothold

I have drifted
בָּ֥אתִי (bā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

into deep
בְמַעֲמַקֵּי־ (ḇə·ma·‘ă·maq·qê-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4615: A deep

waters,
מַ֝֗יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

where the flood
וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶת (wə·šib·bō·leṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7641: A stream, an ear of grain, a branch

engulfs me.
שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃ (šə·ṭā·p̄ā·ṯə·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7857: To gush, to inundate, cleanse, to gallop, conquer


Additional Translations
I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

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.
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