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 drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
Deep waters
Psalm 88:6
You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
Ezekiel 27:26
"Your rowers have brought you out into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
General references
Jonah 2:5
The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head