Psalms 69:2

2 Deus in adiutorium meum intende * Domine ad adiuvandum me festina;

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 in finem David in rememoratione eo quod salvum me fecit Dominus

2 Deus in adiutorium meum intende * Domine ad adiuvandum me festina;

3 confundantur et revereantur qui quaerunt animam meam

4 avertantur retrorsum et erubescant qui volunt mihi mala avertantur statim erubescentes qui dicunt %mihi; euge euge

5 exultent et laetentur in te omnes qui quaerunt te et dicant semper magnificetur Deus qui diligunt salutare tuum