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
And [so] he brought me up from [the] roaring pit, from the miry clay. And he put my feet upon a rock; he made my steps steady.
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the pit [of] Malchiah, the son of the king, which [was] in the courtyard of the guard. And they let Jeremiah down by ropes. Now in the pit there was no water, {but only} mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
Deep waters
Psalm 88:6
You have set me in [the] pit below, in dark places, in [the] depths.
Ezekiel 27:26
" 'Into many waters the rowers brought you; [but] {the east wind} wrecked you in [the] heart of [the] seas.
General references
Jonah 2:5
[The] waters encompassed me up to [my] neck; [the] deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.