Deliver me out of the mire - Out of my troubles and calamities. See (Psalms 69:1–2).

And let me not sink<…

Imagine you hear your Master as He silently prays this prayer in the streets of Jerusalem; the mob is hooting, but He is praying; women are weeping…

Deliver me from the mire, that I may not sink. The Psalmist repeats the same comparison which he had used before, but in a different manne…

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink
In which he was sinking, (Psalms 69:2) ; and accordingly…

Whatever deep waters of affliction or temptation we sink into, whatever floods of trouble or ungodly men seem ready to overwhelm us, let us perseve…