Psalm 69:2
I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.
Psalm 40:2
He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
Genesis 7:17-23
The flood [the great downpour of rain] was forty days and nights on the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it floated [high] above the land.
Psalm 32:6
Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You [for forgiveness] in a time when You [are near and] may be found;
Surely when the great waters [of trial and distressing times] overflow they will not reach [the spirit in] him.
Psalm 88:6-7
You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In dark places, in the depths.
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the
Jeremiah 38:22
‘Then behold, all the women who are left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officers of the king of Babylon and those women will say [to you, King Zedekiah],
Have prevailed against your better judgment and have overpowered and deceived you;
While your feet were sunk in the mire [of trouble],
They turned back.”
Ezekiel 27:26-34
“Your rowers have brought you
Into great and deep waters;
The east wind has broken and shipwrecked you
In the heart of the seas.
Matthew 7:25
Matthew 26:37-38
And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [James and John], He began to be grieved and greatly distressed.
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Summary
I sink
Deep waters
General references
Bible References
I sink
He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
Deep waters
You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In dark places, in the depths.
“Your rowers have brought you
Into great and deep waters;
The east wind has broken and shipwrecked you
In the heart of the seas.
General references
“The waters surrounded me, to the point of death.
The great deep engulfed me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.