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Psalm 69

Psa. 69:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I sink
taba` (Hebrew #2883)
to sink
KJV usage: drown, fasten, settle, sink.
Pronounce: taw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
in χdeep
mtsowlah (Hebrew #4688)
also mtsuwlah {mets-oo-law'}; or mtsulah {mets-oo-law'}; from the same as 6683; a deep place (of water or mud)
KJV usage: bottom, deep, depth.
Pronounce: mets-o-law'
Origin: or mtsolah {mets-o-law'}
mire
yaven (Hebrew #3121)
properly, dregs (as effervescing); hence, mud
KJV usage: mire, miry.
Pronounce: yaw-ven'
Origin: from the same as 3196
, where there is no standing
mo`omad (Hebrew #4613)
literally, a foothold
KJV usage: standing.
Pronounce: moh-om-awd'
Origin: from 5975
: I am come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
into βdeep
ma`amaq (Hebrew #4615)
a deep
KJV usage: deep, depth.
Pronounce: mah-am-awk'
Origin: from 6009
waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, where the floods
shibbol (Hebrew #7641)
from the same as 7640; a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
KJV usage: branch, channel, ear (of corn), ((water-))flood, Shibboleth. Compare 5451.
Pronounce: shib-bole
Origin: or (feminine) shibboleth {shib-bo'-leth}
overflow
shataph (Hebrew #7857)
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
KJV usage: drown, (over-)flow(- whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).
Pronounce: shaw-taf'
Origin: a primitive root
me.
χ
the mire of the depth.
β
depth of.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I sink.
Psa. 40:2• 2And he brought me up from a pit of noise,{HR}From the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock;{HR}He fixed my steps. (Psa. 40:2)
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Jer. 38:6,22• 6Then 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.
 22And, 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 have sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. (Jer. 38:6,22)
deep mire.
Heb. the mire of depth.
deep waters.
Heb. depthof waters.
Psa. 88:6‑7• 6Thou hast laid me in the pit of abysses,{HR}In dark places, in depths.
 7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,{HR}And thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy breakers. Selah. (Psa. 88:6‑7)
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Ezek. 27:26‑34• 26Thy rowers brought thee into great waters; the east wind broke thee in the heart of the seas.
 27Thy riches and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy caulkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war that are in thee, even with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall in the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.
 28The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
 29And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land:
 30and shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes;
 31and they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
 32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the heart of the sea?
 33When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth, with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
 34In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the midst of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. (Ezek. 27:26‑34)
the floods.
Psa. 32:6• 6Because of this shall every godly one pray unto thee at a time for finding [thee];{HR}Surely in a flood of many waters they shall not come unto him. (Psa. 32:6)
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Gen. 7:17‑23• 17And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
 18And the waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
 19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that [were] under all the heavens were covered.
 20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
 21And all flesh that moved upon the earth expired, bird and cattle and beast and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all mankind:
 22all died which [had] breath of spirit of life, of all that [was] in dry [land].
 23And every living substance which [was] on the face of the ground from man to cattle and to reptile and to bird of the heavens; and they were blotted out from the earth; and Noah only remained, and what [was] with him in the ark. (Gen. 7:17‑23)
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Matt. 7:25• 25and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it fell not; for it had been founded upon the rock. (Matt. 7:25)
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Matt. 26:37‑38• 37And taking with [him] Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.
 38Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me. (Matt. 26:37‑38)
• The nation had “no standing” before God; into this position the Lord entered in spirit on the cross. (“Psalm 69” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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I sink in deep mire where [is] no standing.{HR}I am come into depths of waters,{HR}And the flood overfloweth me.