Psalms 69:1
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Lilies." By David.Save me, God,for the waters have come up to my neck!
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 18:4The cords of death surrounded me.The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls.All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
Psalms 60:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.God, you have rejected us.You have broken us down.You have been angry.Restore us, again.
Psalms 69:14Deliver me out of the mire, and do not let me sink.Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Isaiah 28:17I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
Lamentations 3:54Waters flowed over my head; I said, 'I am finished.'QOPH
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 →