19 He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.

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Therefore I (A)abhor[a] myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:6 despise

31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes will [a]abhor me.

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  1. Job 9:31 loathe

27 Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am (A)but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:

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(A)So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah [a]the king’s son, which was in the court of the prison, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. So Jeremiah sank in the mire.

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  1. Jeremiah 38:6 Or son of Hammelech

14 Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.

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An Urgent Plea for Help in Trouble

To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.

69 Save me, O God!
For (A)the waters have come up to my [b]neck.
(B)I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:1 Heb. Shoshannim
  2. Psalm 69:1 Lit. soul

And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself (A)while he sat in the midst of the ashes.

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