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# I sink in deep mire
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The writer describes the troubles in his life as if he were sinking in deep mud. Alternate translation: "For it feels like I am sinking in deep mud and will die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# mire
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thick mud
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# there is no place to stand
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The writer uses a negative statement to stress how unstable and uncertain his condition is. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-litotes]])
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# I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me
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The writer describes his problems as if he was drowning in a deep, raging river. Alternate translation: "t feels like I am in deep waters, and the floodwaters flow over me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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