Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:1-36
Psalms 69:0 Undeserved sufferingAs a person sinking in a muddy pit, or someone drowning in swirling floodwaters, so the psalmist fears he is being overwhelmed by his sufferings. No human help is near (1-3). His enemies cruelly injure him, forcing him to suffer for sins that he did not commit (4). He knows he is not sinless, but he also knows that he has tried to live uprightly before God. On the basis of this he cries out to God to rescue him. He does not want his enemies to triumph over him,... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 69:1-2
Psalms 69:1-2. Save me, O God O most mighty God, in whom alone I trust for safety, deliver me from these distresses; for the waters Of tribulation; are come unto my soul Have reached my vital parts, so that I am ready to expire, and my soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death. I sink in deep mire Hebrew, ביון מצולה , in the mud of the deep. I am not in the shallows, or nigh the bank, but in the middle and deepest parts, and sinking in the very mire which is at the bottom of the... read more