시편 Chapter 69

Translation: ESV

1

Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.

Key Message

Crying out immediately to God for salvation in extreme crisis is the natural response of a person of faith.

▸The extreme urgency of the pain is expressed through the image of someone drowning.

The extreme urgency of the pain is expressed through the image of someone drowning. This psalm is one of the most frequently quoted in the New Testament in connection with Jesus' passion. This first cry for immediate salvation from God reflects humanity's most desperate moment.

Related Verses

His disciples remembered that it was written, 'Zeal for your house will consume me.'
2

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

Key Message

Expressing the depth of pain through vivid imagery is genuine prayer offered to God.

▸The depth of the suffering is depicted through three images.

9

For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

Key Message

True zeal for God is a devotion that transcends one's own interests and safety.

▸'Zeal for your house has consumed me' describes passionate devotion to God that depletes the self.

21

They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.

Key Message

The cruel response of the wicked to the suffering of the righteous is a type of the Messiah's passion.

▸This verse directly prophesies what Jesus experienced on the cross (Matt.

33

For the LORD hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

Key Message

God does not despise the cry of the poor and imprisoned — this is the hope of the oppressed.

▸This is the verse where the psalm transitions from lament to confidence.