1 <> 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. (Psalms 69:1-3 KJV)
Thomas Scott
Verses 1-3: It is probable that David, in great distress during Absalom’s rebellion, composed this psalm with reference to his own case: but the Holy Spirit evidently spake “of the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that followed.” Indeed it is so manifest a prophecy of Christ, that we should consider him as the speaker in most parts of it. In these verses he compares himself to a man sinking in the mire, while the floods of waters go over his head. His sufferings from the hands of wicked men, from the powers of hell beneath, and from the justice of the Father, while external torment united with internal agony to enhance his distress, were thus represented with peculiar propriety. He continued to cry for help, till his throat was parched with thirst, and his eyes grew dim and failed in the agonies of death: while, in perfect faith and patience, but in the extremity of conflict, he waited for his God to deliver him.