Psalm 69:1-4
The righteous, overwhelmed by suffering and unjust hostility, cry out to God for rescue, knowing that He alone can save.
1 Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
The righteous, overwhelmed by suffering and unjust hostility, cry out to God for rescue, knowing that He alone can save.
To express the overwhelming distress of the righteous sufferer who is drowning under affliction and unjust opposition, urgently pleading for divine rescue.
Zeal, Reproach, and the Saving God Who Rebuilds Zion
God hears the reproached sufferer who bears shame for His sake, judges wicked hostility, and turns affliction into praise and Zion hope.