Sálmarnir 69:2

Heilögum Biblíunni

2 (69:3) Ég er sokkinn niður í botnlausa leðju og hefi enga fótfestu, ég er kominn ofan í vatnadjúp og bylgjurnar ganga yfir mig.

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.”