King James Version

Psalms 69:2

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 69:3.

טָבַ֤עְתִּיtavatisinkטָבַעverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “sink”, a completed actionH2883to sinkdrown, fasten, settle, sink.בִּיוֵ֣ןbivenin mireיָוֵןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in mire”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3121properly, dregs (as effervescing); hence, mudmire, miry.מְ֭צוּלָהmetsulahdeepמְצוֹלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deep”, the ordinary formH4688a deep place (of water or mud)bottom, deep, depth.וְאֵ֣יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).מָעֳמָ֑דmaomadstandingמׇעֳמָדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “standing”, the ordinary formH4613literally a footholdstanding.בָּ֥אתִיbatito comeבּוֹאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “to come”, a completed actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…בְמַעֲמַקֵּיvemaamaqein deepמַעֲמָקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “in deep”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4615a deepdeep, depth.מַ֝֗יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶתveshiboletand branchשִׁבֹּלconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and branch”, the ordinary formH7641a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branchbranch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451 (סִבֹּלֶת).שְׁטָפָֽתְנִיshetafatenidrownשָׁטַףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “drown”, a completed actionH7857to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquerdrown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(69-3) I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me.

World English Bible

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Darby Translation

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

Douay-Rheims

O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(69-3) I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐνεπάγην εἰς ἰλὺν βυθοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόστασις· ἦλθον εἰς τὰ βάθη τῆς θαλάσσης, καὶ καταιγὶς κατεπόντισέ με.