Psalms 69:2

2 I sink in [the] mud of the deep, and there is no foothold. I have come to watery depths, and [the] torrent floods over me.

Psalms 69:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 69:2

I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing
Which signifies not despair of mind, but difficult and distressed circumstances; the Messiah now bearing the filthy sins of his people, and the punishment of them, and so was got into the horrible pit, the mire and clay; (See Gill on Psalms 40:2);

I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me:
as afflictions are often compared to waters in Scripture, Christ's sorrows and sufferings are very aptly signified by deep waters and overflowing floods; and therefore rightly called a baptism, as by himself, ( Luke 12:50 ) , when he was as one immersed in and overwhelmed with water.

Psalms 69:2 In-Context

1 Save me, O God, because waters have come up to [my] neck.

2 I sink in [the] mud of the deep, and there is no foothold. I have come to watery depths, and [the] torrent floods over me.

3 I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God.

4 More numerous than the hairs of my head are [those] hating me without a cause. [Those who are] destroying me--my enemies wrongfully-- are mighty. What I did not steal, I then must restore.

5 O God, {you yourself know} my foolishness, and my guilty deeds are not hidden from you.