Modifies a noun

• clay: He plucks me from the miry clay and sets my feet upon a rock.

• place: Reaney's Dictionary of British Surnames gives for SOLE ' Dweller by the miry place.

• pit: Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.

• bog: He drew me from the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock making my steps secure.