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.

General references

Bible References

I sink

Psalm 40:2
And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:
Jeremiah 38:6
Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

Deep waters

Psalm 88:6
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
Ezekiel 27:26
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.

General references

Jonah 2:5
The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.