Psalms 69:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 40:2 : 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.
  • Ps 88:6-7 : 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths. 7 Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
  • Jer 38:6 : 6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, which 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 sank in the mire.
  • Jer 38:22 : 22 And, behold, all the women who 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, Your friends have set you on and have prevailed against you; your feet are sunk in the mire, and they have turned away back.
  • Ezek 27:26-34 : 26 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas. 27 Your riches, and your markets, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, and in all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of your ruin. 28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. 29 And all who handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; 30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: 31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the one destroyed in the midst of the sea? 33 When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many people; you enriched the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise. 34 In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the midst of you shall fall.
  • Matt 7:25 : 25 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
  • Matt 26:37-38 : 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very distressed. 38 Then he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death: stay here, and watch with me.
  • Gen 7:17-23 : 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark moved on the surface of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters covered them fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh that moved upon the earth perished, birds, cattle, beasts of every kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every human being. 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 23 And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed, both man and cattle, creeping things and birds of the sky; they were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.
  • Ps 32:6 : 6 For this reason, everyone who is godly shall pray to You in a time when You may be found; surely, in the floods of great waters, they shall not come near him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 69:1
    91%

    1Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my soul.

  • Ps 69:13-17
    5 verses
    86%

    13But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.

    14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

    15Let not the floodwaters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

    16Hear me, O LORD, for your lovingkindness is good; turn to me according to the multitude of your tender mercies.

    17And do not hide your face from your servant; for I am in trouble; hear me speedily.

  • Jonah 2:3-6
    4 verses
    82%

    3For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas; and the floods surrounded me, all Your waves and billows passed over me.

    4Then I said, I am cast out of Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.

    5The waters surrounded me, even to my soul: the depths closed in around me, the seaweed was wrapped around my head.

    6I went down to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its bars was around me forever: yet You have brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

  • Ps 42:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore I will remember You from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

    7Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls: all Your waves and billows have gone over me.

  • Ps 69:3
    79%

    3I am weary of my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.

  • Lam 3:54-55
    2 verses
    79%

    54Waters flowed over my head; then I said, 'I am cut off.'

    55I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the lowest pit.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

    6The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;

  • Ps 18:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

    5The sorrows of hell surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me.

  • 2 Sam 22:17
    76%

    17He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

  • Job 30:19
    75%

    19He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

  • Ps 18:16
    75%

    16He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

  • Ps 130:1
    75%

    1Out of the depths I have cried to you, O LORD.

  • Ps 88:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths.

    7Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

  • Ps 6:6
    74%

    6I am weary with my groaning; all the night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears.

  • Ps 61:2
    74%

    2From the ends of the earth I will cry to you, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

  • Ps 116:3
    74%

    3The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell took hold of me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  • Job 30:14
    74%

    14They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

  • Ps 22:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within me.

    15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws; You have brought me into the dust of death.

  • Ps 69:29
    74%

    29But I am poor and sorrowful; let your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

  • Ps 124:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul:

    5Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

  • Ps 88:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to the grave.

    4I am counted with those who go down into the pit; I am as a man who has no strength:

  • Job 3:24
    73%

    24For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like water.

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

    4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  • Ps 40:12
    73%

    12For innumerable evils have surrounded me: my iniquities have taken hold of me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me.

  • Ps 142:6
    72%

    6Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

  • 2 Kgs 19:24
    72%

    24I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

  • Ps 73:2
    72%

    2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had nearly slipped.

  • Ps 32:6
    72%

    6For this reason, everyone who is godly shall pray to You in a time when You may be found; surely, in the floods of great waters, they shall not come near him.

  • Ps 38:6
    72%

    6I am troubled; I am greatly bowed down; I go mourning all the day long.

  • Ps 57:6
    72%

    6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.

  • Ps 143:7
    72%

    7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails: do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.

  • Lam 1:14
    71%

    14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are woven together, and come upon my neck: he has made my strength to fall, the Lord has delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

  • Ps 31:9
    71%

    9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my body.

  • Ps 77:2
    71%

    2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my hand was stretched out in the night and did not rest; my soul refused to be comforted.