That is why it is so dark you can’t see,\par and why a flood of water covers you.\par
Psalm 69:2 - Easy To Read Version There is nothing to stand on.\par I am sinking down, down into the mud.\par I am in deep water.\par And the waves are crashing around me.\par I am about to drown.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overwhelm me. 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. Common English Bible I have sunk into deep mud. My feet can’t touch the bottom! I have entered deep water; the flood has swept me up. Catholic Public Domain Version O God, reach out to help me. O Lord, hasten to assist me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me. |
That is why it is so dark you can’t see,\par and why a flood of water covers you.\par
For this reason, God, all your followers should pray to you.\par Your followers should pray even when troubles come like a great flood.\par
The Lord lifted me out of the grave. {\cf2\super [246]} \par He lifted me from that muddy place. {\cf2\super [247]} \par He picked me up,\par put me on solid ground\par and kept my feet from slipping.\par
All the women that are left in the house of the king of Judah will be brought out. They will be brought to the important officials of the king of Babylon. Your women will make fun of you with a song. This is what the women will say:
So those officials took Jeremiah and put him into Malkijah’s cistern. {\cf2\super [324]} (Malkijah was the king’s son.) That cistern was in the temple yard where the king’s guard stayed. Those officials used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. The cistern didn’t have any water in it, but only mud. And Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
I was at the bottom of the sea,\par the place where mountains begin.\par I thought I was locked in this prison forever.\par But the Lord my God took me out\par of my grave!\par God, you gave me life again!\par
It rained hard and the water rose. The winds blew and hit that house. But the house did not fall, because the house was built on rock.