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 doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.
Jeremiah 38:6
And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that is in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.

Deep waters

Psalm 88:6
Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
Ezekiel 27:26
Into great waters have they brought thee, Those rowing thee, The east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.

General references

Jonah 2:5
Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.