Psalm 69:2

Translations

Modern

I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

Traditional

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Literal

I sink in the mire of the deep, and there is no place to stand; I have come into the depths of the waters, and a flood washes over me.

Latin

Infixus sum in limo profundi et non est substantia. Veni in altitudinem maris, et tempestas demersit me.

Original

Hebrew

English

I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

Notes

Psalms 69:1–2

The psalmist sees himself as almost drowning but still surviving chaotic forces and his sense of separation from God (see Psalm 42:7; 69:14, 15; Isaiah 8:8).

Psalms 69:1–36

In this personal lament, the poet shares his vulnerability, humiliation, and deep pain. He asks God to defend him for the sake of the righteous.

Psalms 69:1–72:20

These last four psalms of Book Two contrast with the earlier psalms that describe God’s mighty acts in creation and redemption, ending with God’s march to Zion (Psalms 65–68). Psalms 69–71 describe the king's suffering, and Psalm 72 responds with a prayer for God to bless the king.

Theme notes and profiles

David Psalms of Suffering

Related verses

Psalm 40:2
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Matthew 7:25
The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
Psalm 32:6
Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
Psalm 88:6–7
You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
Jeremiah 38:22
All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
Matthew 26:37–38
He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
Genesis 7:17–23
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
Ezekiel 27:26–34
Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

Glossary

Book of Jonah David Music Persecution Psalms, Book of Shoshannim, Shoshannim-Eduth

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Jesus, the Christ: Messiah: Messianic Psalms Mire: Figurative Persecution of Jesus Rivers of Heavy Afflictions

Psalm 69:2

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