Psalm 69:1 introduces the water imagery — the psalmist's cry for salvation as waters threaten his soul, setting up the sinking in mire.

Psalm 69:14 echoes the same mire and deep waters, pleading for deliverance from the very situation described in verse 2.

Psalm 40:2 uses the same 'slimy pit' and 'mud and mire' imagery, but as a deliverance testimony contrasting the psalmist's current distress.

Psalm 88:6 describes being put in the lowest pit, similar to the psalmist's sinking in deep waters.

Psalm 88:7 speaks of being overwhelmed with waves, matching the floods engulfing the psalmist in Psalm 69:2.

Psalm 144:7 pleads for deliverance from 'great waters,' mirroring the deep waters and mire of Psalm 69:2.

Psalm 130:1 cries 'out of the depths,' directly echoing the deep waters of sinking in Psalm 69:2.

Psalm 32:6 promises the godly will not be overwhelmed by floods — opposite of the psalmist's experience here.

Psalm 22:11 is a cry for help in trouble — a parallel lament to the psalmist's sinking in deep waters.

Psalm 88:17 uses water as a metaphor for enemies surrounding, similar to the overwhelming waters in Psalm 69:2.

Jeremiah 38:6 recounts Jeremiah sinking into mud in a cistern, a literal event that mirrors the psalmist's metaphorical sinking.

Job 30:19 uses the same 'mire' imagery — Job feels cast into mire, mirroring the psalmist's sinking.

Lamentations 3:54 says 'waters flowed over mine head,' a direct parallel to sinking in deep waters in Psalm 69:2.

Jonah 2:3 describes being cast into the deep with floods and waves, closely matching the imagery of Psalm 69:2.

Jonah 2:5 uses the same imagery of waters overwhelming the soul, echoing the psalmist's sinking into deep mire.

Matthew 14:30 shows Peter sinking in water and crying out, mirroring the psalmist's desperate plea from deep waters.

Matthew 7:25 describes a house that withstands floods — opposite of the psalmist's being overwhelmed by deep waters.