Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
I sink
Deep waters
General references
Bible References
I sink
Psalm 40:2
He brought me up also out of the pit of hopelessness, out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock and straightened my steps.
Jeremiah 38:6
Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Deep waters
Psalm 88:6
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Ezekiel 27:26
In many waters they overcame thy rowers; the east wind has broken thee in the midst of the seas.
General references
Jonah 2:5
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul, the depth closed me round about; the weeds were wrapped about my head.