Psalms 69:1
“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, by David.” (69:2) Save me, O God; for the waters are come even to threaten my life.
Leeser Tanakh
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 bonds of death encompassed me, and the floods of destruction made me afraid.
Psalms 42:7(42:8) Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: all thy waves and thy billows have passed over me.
Psalms 60:1“To the chief musician upon Shushan'eduth, a Michtham of David, to teach, (60:2) When he fought with Aram-naharayim, and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Salt Valley twelve thousand [men].” (60:3) O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast made a breach in us, thou hast been displeased: restore now unto us [thy favor].
Psalms 69:14(69:15) Deliver me out of the mire, that I may not sink: let me be delivered from those that hate me, and out of the depths of the waters.
Isaiah 28:17And I will make of justice a measuring line, and of righteousness a plummet: and the hail shall sweep off the refuge of lies, and the hiding-place against the waters shall these flood away.
Lamentations 3:54Waters streamed 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 →