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A Picture of Helplessness
Commentators explain that the imagery of sinking in "deep mire" and "deep waters" paints a picture of complete helplessness. Unlike deep water where one might touch the bottom, the mire offers no solid footing, making escape impossible on one's own. This illustrates a state of overwhelming affliction and peril where the sufferer is being swallowed by chaos and distress.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 69:2
18th Century
Theologian
I sink in deep mire - Margin, as in Hebrew, "the mire of the depth." This would denote either mire which was itself so deep that on…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 69:2
19th Century
Preacher
We had this text explained to us last Friday night, when the traveler told us he saw a man sink in the mud, almost swallowed up by it, until by a v…
John Calvin
On Psalms 69:2
16th Century
Theologian
I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing place. Here he compares his afflictions to a deep sink of mire, where there is still gr…
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John Gill
On Psalms 69:2
17th Century
Pastor
I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing
Which signifies not despair of mind, but difficult and distressed …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 69:1–12
17th Century
Minister
We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer spoken of here, and ask why, as well as what He suffered. By meditating on this, we may be…