Psalms 69:2
O God, reach out to help me. O Lord, hasten to assist me.
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In Context
1Unto the end. A Psalm of David, in remembrance that the Lord had saved him.
3May those who seek my soul be confounded and awed.
Cross References
Genesis 7:17And the great flood occurred for forty days upon the earth. And the waters were increased, and they lifted the ark high above the land.
Psalms 32:6By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth:
Psalms 88:6The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, and also your truth, in the Church of the saints.
Jeremiah 38:22Behold, all the women who remain in the house of the king of Judah will be led away to the rulers of the king of Babylon. And the women will say: ‘Your men of peacefulness have led you astray, and they have prevailed against you. They have immersed your feet in mud and have set them in a slippery place. And they have withdrawn from you.’
Jonah 2:6The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.
Matthew 26:37And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and saddened.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:2-13
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins… Read the whole commentary →