Psalms 69:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 69:2 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 7:17For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
- Job 22:11it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
- Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
- Psalms 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
- Psalms 88:6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
- Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
- Jeremiah 38:22All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
- Ezekiel 27:26Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
- Jonah 2:6To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
- Matthew 7:25The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
- Matthew 26:37He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
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