He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; ¹  I am in ²  deep water, and the current overpowers me.

But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

Its underparts ¹  are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge. ² 

Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink! Deliver me ¹  from those who hate me, from the deep water!

They are illustrations of this true proverb: ¹  “A dog returns to its own vomit,” ²  and “A sow, after washing herself, ³  wallows in the mire.” ⁴ 

I grind them as fine windblown dust; ¹  I beat them underfoot ²  like clay ³  in the streets.

I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground; I crush them and stomp on them like clay ¹  in the streets.

Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!

I sent him ¹  against a godless ²  nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, ³  to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down ⁴  like dirt in the streets.

And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the Lord will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry. ¹ 

So the officials ¹  took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern ²  of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, ³  that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud. ⁴ 

When my enemies see this, they will be covered with shame. They say ¹  to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” I will gloat over them. ²  Then they will be trampled down ³  like mud in the streets.

Can the papyrus plant grow tall ¹  where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish ²  without water?

when the dust hardens ¹  into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?

All the women who are left in the royal palace of Judah will be led out to the officers of the king of Babylon. They will taunt you saying, ¹  ‘Your trusted friends misled you; they have gotten the best of you. Now that your feet are stuck in the mud, they have turned their backs on you.’ ² 

ק (Qof) I have called on your name, O Lord, from the deepest pit. ¹ 

He lifted me out of the watery pit, ¹  out of the slimy mud. ²  He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing. ³