Psalms 69:2

2 I sink in deep mire where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow 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; 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; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 Those that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; those that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty; then I restored that which I did not take away.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness, and my guiltiness is not hid from thee.