Psalms 69:1
For the end, by David for a remembrance, that the Lord may save me.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
In Context
2Draw nigh, O God, to my help.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4There are no speeches or words, + 18:4 Gr. of which.in which their voices are not heard.
Psalms 60:1For the end, among the Hymns of David.
Isaiah 28:17And I will cause judgment to be for hope, and my compassion shall be for just measures, and ye that trust vainly in falsehood shall fall: for the storm shall by no means pass by you,
Lamentations 3:54Water flowed over my head: I said, I am cut off.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:1
David penned this psalm when he was in affliction; and in it, I. He complains of the great distress and trouble he was in and earnestly begs of God to relieve and succour him, ver. 1-21 . II. He imprecates the judgments of God upon his persecutors, ver. 22-29 . III. He concludes with the voice of joy and praise, in an assurance that God would help and succour him, and would do well for the church, ver. 30-36 . Now, in this, David was a type of Christ, and divers passages in this psalm are applied to Christ in the… Read the whole commentary →