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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Psalms 69:1

Remembrance. This is all that occurs in Hebrew, or in many Greek copies, though the following words were perhaps extant in the copy of the Septuagint, or were added to complete the sentence. Several of the verses are found in Psalm xxxiv., and xxxix., and seem to have been used as a form of prayer in any danger. (Berthier) --- David foresaw that Christ would pray for the safety of his natural and mystical body, and would be heard. (Menochius) --- The following psalm is a sequel to this. (Calmet)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    PSALM LXIX _The psalmist describes his afflicted state, and the wickedness_ _of his adversaries_, 1-21; _he declares the miseries that should come upon his enemies_, 22-28; enlarges on his afflic...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SAVE ME, O GOD - That is, Interpose and deliver me from the dangers which have come upon me. FOR THE WATERS ARE COME IN UNTO MY SOUL - So as to endanger my life. Waters, deep, raging, overwhelming, ar...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 69-72 Psalms 69 The Suffering and Rejected Christ _ 1. Hated without a cause (Psalms 69:1)_ 2. Bearing reproach (Psalms 69:7) 3. His own prayer ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LXIX. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE AND REVENGE. The author was a pious Jew, burning with zeal for the purity of the Temple worship (Psalms 69:9). He was a representative man, so that the reproaches of tho...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TITLE.. PSALM. No Hebrew for this. OF DAVID. Relating to the true David, Israel's Redeemer. Psalms 22 is Christ as the sin offering; Psalms 40 as the whole burnt offering. and this, Psalms 69 as the t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Psalmist appeals to God for help, pleading the extremity of his plight....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the waters_&c. He is like a drowning man. The flood of calamity has risen till it threatens his life. For the metaphor cp. Psalms 18:16; Psalms 32:6; Psalms 66:12;...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 612 SORROWS AND SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST Psalms 69:1. Save me, O God! for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _David complaineth of his affliction: he prayeth for deliverance: he devoteth his enemies to destruction: he praiseth God with thanksgiving._ To the chief musician upon Shoshannim: _A Psalm_ of David...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 69 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Pictures of Distress and Outcries for Deliverance, followed by Imprecations on Cruel Enemies, and by Promises of Praise. ANALYSIS This psalm is almost certainly Composit...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SAVE ME, O GOD; FOR THE WATERS ARE COME IN UNTO MY SOUL._ Psalms 69:1.-The sufferer's misery and cry to God (Psalms 69:1); God knows that the reproach which he suffers, as if sinful and foolish, he i...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    69:1 Shoshannim. (b-6) As Psalms 45 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ARE COME IN UNTO _my_ SOUL] threaten my very life....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This whole Ps. should be compared with Psalms 22:31, 35, 38,, 40. It is the prayer of one who is in deep distress, wrongfully persecuted by enemies, and conscious that, though he is sinful, his suffer...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE WATERS... — For this common and obvious figure of a “sea of troubles” comp. Psalms 18:4; Psalms 18:16; Psalms 32:6; Psalms 42:7....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לַ † מְנַצֵּ֬חַ עַֽל ־שֹׁושַׁנִּ֬ים לְ דָוִֽד׃ ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 69:1 THE Davidic authorship of this psalm is evidently untenable, if for no other reason, yet because of the state of things presupposed in Psalms 69:35. The supposition that Jeremiah was the a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A CRY OUT OF DEEP WATERS Psalms 69:1 This psalm and the Psalms 22:1 are quoted most often in the New Testament as referring to our Lord. Psalms 69:1 is very sad. Throughout we detect a heart-break. T...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow profounder or more intense than in this. The soul of the singer pours itself out in unrestrained abandonment to the overwhelming and ter...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    "To the chief Musician upon (a) Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David." Save me, O God; for the (b) waters are come in unto [my] soul. (a) Of Shoshannim, read (Psalms 45:1). (b) David shows by the waters t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS Here is another gospel Psalm, not of David's troubles, but of David's Lord. The references made to it, in many parts of our Lord's life by himself, and both then and afterwards by his servant...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We here behold the Head of the church in his unequalled sorrows, and for which we hear him crying out, Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour; but for this cause...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    1._Save me, O God! for the waters, etc. _Under the figure of _waters, _the Psalmist represents his condition as so extremely distressing that it brought him even to the brink of despair; and yet we kn...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 69. The state of soul of which this most important psalm is the expression demands the utmost attention and patient inquiry. We have all along seen the remnant of Israel before us, or Christ as...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SAVE ME, O GOD,.... The petitioner is Christ; not as a divine Person, as such he is blessed for ever, and stands in no need of help and assistance; but as man, and in distressed and suffering circumst...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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, m...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Save Me, O God; for the waters are come in unto My soul, the Messiah crying in the agony and distress, in the anguish of His sufferings, their flood threatening His very life....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE MESSIAH'S VICARIOUS SUFFERING. To the chief musician, for use in the public assembly of the congregation, upon Shoshannim, to be sung to the melody "On the Lilies. " The psalm is referred to seven...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-12 We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer here spoken of, and ask why, as well as what he suffered, that, meditating thereon, we may be more humbled for sin, and more convinced of...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    PSALM 69 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm of David consists of his complaints and fervent prayers, and comfortable predictions of his deliverance, and of the ruin of his enemies. But the condition of this Psal...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 69:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Lilies H7799 David H1732 Save H3467 (H8685) God H430 waters H4325 come...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    SHOSHANNIM (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 45:1). _ SAVE ME, O GOD The New Testament quotations from, and references to, this Psalm indicate in what way it adumbrates Christ. It is the psalm of His humi...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    We shall read together at this time a part of the 69 th Psalm, and afterwards two passages in the New Testament. Although there is no doubt that this Psalm is intended to describe a very large class o...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David complains of great distress and begs God to succor him. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When the waters of affliction rise about us, the only course is to commit the keeping of o...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The Chaldee paraphrase ascribes this psalm to David, and with great care regards it as highly prophetic of the Messiah. St. Paul therefore knew the high authority he had, in quoting it against the Jew...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul._ HUMAN SUFFERING I. Man’s sufferings are sometimes overwhelmingly great. This shows-- 1. The abnormal state of man. Was man made to suffer...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:1. This is an individual lament. A faithful Israelite is suffering for wrongs he has done (v. Psalms 69:5). Attackers take advantage of his

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David.” “_To the chief musician_.” See the introduction to Psalms 57. “_Upon Shoshannim_. See the introduction to Psa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS is the cry of one suffering severely from men, partly on account of his own sins (Psalms 69:5), but mainly for the sake of God (Psalms 69:7). It is said to be "written in the style of...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The sixty-ninth psalm is a Messianic psalm. That is, it is a psalm of prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. And there are many scriptures within the psalm here that make reference to Jesus Christ. Save me...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 43:2; Jonah 2:3; Lamentations 3:54; Psalms 45:1;

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE PSALM OF THE TRESPASS OFFERING Psalms 69:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The 69th Psalm, which we are to study today, is one of those great Calvary Psalms which stir our souls. Like other Psalms there are...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Waters — Tribulations....

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