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Waters flowed over mine head - A figurative expression for great mental trouble.

Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

He now adds a third comparison—that he had been overwhelmed, as it were, with a flood of evils. This analogy occurs often in Scripture, especially …

Waters flowed over my head
As in a pit or dungeon, where there is not only mire and clay, but much water, into which…

The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued …

This section describes the affliction into which they have fallen.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes