Psalms 69:1 «To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. » Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.
A Psalm of David] Quando rebellabat Sheba, saith the Syriac, made upon the occasion of Sheba's rebellion presently after Absalom's. Hence he cries out, as one almost overwhelmed,
Ver. 1. Save me, O God] Thou, who delightest to save such as are forsaken of their hopes. The Fathers generally take this psalm to be prophetic touching the passion of Christ, and his praying then to the Father. David had his troubles which gave occasion to the penning of this psalm, but those were all but as a picture and prelude of Christ's far greater sorrows, Spiritus autem sanctus manifeste se prodit in hoc psalmo.
For the waters are come in unto my soul] Ever after Noah's flood, that dismal destruction, great and grievous afflictions were set forth by the rushing in of waters, and overwhelming therewith. God'swrath was poured upon Christ as a mighty torrent of waters, and, therefore, this expression applied to him hath a special emphasis; his soul was heavy even to the death. Fluctus fluctum trudebat, One deep called upon another, &c. Oh the soul of sufferings which his soul then suffered!