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 a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
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 prison: 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
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
General references
Jonah 2:5
The waters encompassed me, even to the soul: the depth inclosed me on every side, the weeds were wrapped about my head.