Psalms 69:1,2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

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 waters. Where there is no standing No firm and sure footing, but I sink deeper and deeper, and without thy speedy and almighty help I shall be overwhelmed and perish.

Psalms 69:1-2

1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

2 I sink in deep mire,a where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.