Psalms 69:1
For the end, by David for a remembrance, that the Lord may save me. 1
Updated 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. 1
Cross References
Psalms 18:4There are no speeches or words, 1 In which their voices are not heard. 1
Psalms 60:1For the end, among the Hymns of David. 1
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: 1 I said, I am cut off. 1
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 →