Psalm 69:14,Psalm 69:2

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 69:14-21

Reader! if you are much acquainted with the evangelists accounts of Jesus's sufferings in the garden and on the cross (and if you are not, it is much to be wished that you were) you will see how all these expressions refer to those solemn seasons. Oh! how expressive are they of the sorrows of Jesus! Behold and see, was ever any sorrow like unto his sorrow, with which the Lord afflicted him in the day of his fierce anger? Lamentations 1:12 . I am inclined to think that David, king of Israel, as... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:13-21

13-21 Whatever deep waters of affliction or temptation we sink into, whatever floods of trouble or ungodly men seem ready to overwhelm us, let us persevere in prayer to our Lord to save us. The tokens of God's favour to us are enough to keep our spirits from sinking in the deepest outward troubles. If we think well of God, and continue to do so under the greatest hardships, we need not fear but he will do well for us. And if at any time we are called on to suffer reproach and shame, for... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 69:1-21

The Messiah's Vicarious Suffering. To the chief musician, for use in the public assembly of the congregation, upon Shoshannim, to be sung to the melody "On the Lilies. " The psalm is referred to seven times in the New Testament, either by quotation or by unmistakable implication, as prophetical of Christ and the Messianic period. Cf John 15:25; John 2:17; Matthew 27:34; John 19:29. Lament and Prayer v. 1. Save Me, O God; for the waters are come in unto My soul, the Messiah crying in the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 69:1-36

Psalms 69:0To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David Save me, O God;For the waters are come in unto my soul.2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing:I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried:Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head:They that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty:Then I restored that... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 69:1-17

a Cry out of Deep Waters Psalms 69:1-17 This psalm and the Psalms 22:1-31 are quoted most often in the New Testament as referring to our Lord. Psalms 69:1-36 is very sad. Throughout we detect a heart-break. There are many grounds on which the sufferer bases his plea for salvation. First, his imminent danger from inrushing waters and the deep mire like that in which Jeremiah sank. There are also failing strength, the dried throat, and the drooping eyes. Mighty foes, too, who hate wrongfully,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 69:1-36

Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow profounder or more intense than in this. The soul of the singer pours itself out in unrestrained abandonment to the overwhelming and terrible grief which consumes it. The first half is occupied wholly with a statement of the terrible consciousness. There is first a cry of distress, piercing and passionate (verses Psa 69:1-6 ). The circumstances described are of helpless whelming in waters and mire. Yet the chief agony is that God... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Psalms 69:1-21

The Psalm of the Trespass Offering Psalms 69:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The 69th Psalm, which we are to study today, is one of those great Calvary Psalms which stir our souls. Like other Psalms there are some things in it of an historical message, but the Psalm can meet its fulfillment only in our greater David, even in our Lord Jesus Christ. The heading of the Psalm says: "David complaineth of his afflictions, he prayeth for deliverance, he praiseth God with thanksgiving." These headings,... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:1-36

LXIX. A Prayer for Deliverance and Revenge.— The author was a pious Jew, burning with zeal for the purity of the Temple worship ( Psalms 69:9). He was a representative man, so that the reproaches of those that reproached Yahweh fell upon him. If he was defeated, the pious throughout Israel would lose hope. He was in great danger of his life, and that from his fellow-Jews ( Psalms 69:8). Maccabean times suit the situation best, though Maccabean origin is incapable of proof. Cf., e.g., the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 69:14

Them that hate me; whereby he explains his meaning in these metaphors of mire, and waters, and deep, and pit. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 69:1-36

INTRODUCTIONSuperscription.—“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David.”“To the chief musician.” See the introduction to Psalms 57:0. “Upon Shoshannim. See the introduction to Psalms 45:0. “A Psalm of David.” The Davidic authorship of this Psalm is strongly supported by its close resemblance to other Psalms which are ascribed to David. Both in thought and language it is nearly related to Psalms 6, 22, 31, 35, 38, 40, 109. Ewald: “Our Psalm manifests such a strong similarity, not... read more