Psalms 69:1
(69-1) For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David. (69-2) Save me, O God; for the waters are come in even unto the soul.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 18:4(18-5) The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.
Psalms 42:7(42-8) Deep calleth unto deep at the voice of Thy cataracts; all Thy waves and Thy billows are gone over me.
Psalms 60:1(60-1) For the Leader; upon Shushan Eduth; Michtam of David, to teach; (60-2) when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. (60-3) O God, Thou hast cast us off, Thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; O restore us.
Psalms 69:14(69-15) Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Isaiah 28:17And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
Lamentations 3:54Waters 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 →