Psalms 69:2

Amplified Bible

I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;I have come into deep water,and a flood sweeps over me.

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

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

English Standard Version
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

New Century Version
I'm sinking down into the mud, and there is nothing to stand on. I am in deep water, and the flood covers me.

New English Translation
I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

New American Standard Bible
I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
I sticke fast in the deepe myre, where no staie is: I am come into deepe waters, and the streames runne ouer me.

Legacy Standard Bible
I have sunk in deep clay, and there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

Berean Standard Bible
I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

Contemporary English Version
I am sinking deep in the mud, and my feet are slipping. I am about to be swept under by a mighty flood.

Complete Jewish Bible
Save me, God! For the water threatens my life.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
I have nothing to stand on. I am sinking down, down into the mud. I am in deep water, and the waves are about to cover me.

George Lamsa Translation
I sink in deep mire where there is no footing; I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Good News Translation
I am sinking in deep mud, and there is no solid ground; I am out in deep water, and the waves are about to drown me.

Lexham English Bible
I sink in the mud of the deep, and there is no foothold. I have come to watery depths, and the torrent floods over me.

Literal Translation
I sink in deep mire, and there is no standing; I have come into deep waters where the floods overflow me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I sticke fast in the depe myre, where no grounde is: I am come into depe waters, and the floudes wil drowne me.

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

Bible in Basic English
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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in even unto the soul.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I am ouer the head in deepe myre where I feele no grounde: I plunge in deepe waters where the streame ouerwhelmeth me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I am set in the sliym of the depthe; and `substaunce is not. I cam in to the depthe of the see; and the tempest drenchide me.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

New King James Version
I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.

New Living Translation
Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire; I can't find a foothold. I am in deep water, and the floods overwhelm me.

New Life Bible
I have gone down into deep mud and there is no place to put my feet. I have come into deep waters and a flood comes over me.

New Revised Standard
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I have sunk in deep swamp, Where there is no place to stand, I have come into abysses of waters, Where a flood hath overflowed me;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(68-3) 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.

Revised Standard Version
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

THE MESSAGE
Quicksand under me, swamp water over me; I'm going down for the third time.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

Contextual Overview

¹Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck]. ²I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.³I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God. ⁴Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully; I am forced to restore what I did not steal. ⁵O God, You know my folly; My wrongs are not hidden from You. ⁶Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel, ⁷Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Confusion and dishonor have covered my face. ⁸I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother's sons. ⁹For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. ¹⁰When I wept and humbled myself with fasting, It became my reproach.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I sink: Psalms 40:2, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:22

deep mire: Heb. the mire of depth

deep waters: Heb. depth of waters, Psalms 88:6, Psalms 88:7, Ezekiel 27:26-34

the floods: Psalms 32:6, Genesis 7:17-23, Matthew 7:25, Matthew 26:37, Matthew 26:38

Reciprocal: Judges 12:6 - Shibboleth Job 22:11 - abundance Job 30:19 - cast me Psalms 22:11 - Be not Psalms 69:1 - the waters Psalms 69:14 - out of Psalms 88:17 - They Psalms 93:3 - The floods Psalms 102:1 - overwhelmed Psalms 130:1 - Out of Psalms 144:7 - deliver me Jeremiah 12:5 - swelling Lamentations 3:54 - Waters Jonah 2:3 - thou Jonah 2:5 - General Matthew 14:30 - Lord Luke 8:24 - Master

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing,.... Which signifies not despair of mind, but difficult and distressed circumstances; the Messiah now bearing the filthy sins of his people, and the punishment of them, and so was got into the horrible pit, the mire and clay; :-;

I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me: as afflictions are often compared to waters in Scripture, Christ's sorrows and sufferings are very aptly signified by deep waters and overflowing floods; and therefore rightly called a baptism, as by himself,

Luke 12:50, when he was as one immersed in and overwhelmed with water.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I 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 Psalms 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 Jeremiah with cords; and in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire,” Jeremiah 38:6.

Where there is no standing - No solid ground; nothing for the foot to rest on. “I am come into deep waters.” Margin, as in Hebrew, “depth of waters.” That is, waters where he could not touch the bottom - an image of some peril that threatened his life.

Where the floods overflow me - The waters. They break over my head. My life is “in danger.”