Psalm 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. 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: mine eyes fail while I wait
for my God. 4 They that hate me without
a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being
mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took
not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my
foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of
hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for
my sake, O God of Israel. 7 Because for
thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and
an alien unto my mother’s children. 9
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them
that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my
reproach. 11 I made sackcloth also my
garment; and I became a proverb to them. 12
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of
the drunkards.
This is a Psalm, a prayer for deliverance in one of the times that
David was in great peril. We can imagine King Saul pursuing him or even his son
Absalom’s rebellion. This is a cry of desperation and despair, of someone who
knows their only hope is in God.
It is also a prophecy of Christ. See how verse 4 is referred to in
John 15:25.
John 15:25 But this cometh
to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They
hated me without a cause.
For verse 8 consider this;
John 1:11 He came unto his
own, and his own received him not.
John 7:5 For neither did
his brethren believe in him.
And see how verse 9 is used in John 2:17.
John 2:17 And his disciples
remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
Christ’s ordeal by His rejection by His Jewish brethren and His
betrayal by them is evident in this passage. But, of course, verses like 5
bring us back to the context of David himself.
I would also refer this passage to our own predicament if we are
being accused of something in our innocence. A claim made against you by
someone can often have no way of being refuted as just an accusation carries
enough weight to drag you down and even if a person who accuses you announces
they were wrong or lied you have still been accused and that is what most
people will remember. In times where a Christian is assaulted and has no
defensible means of support against an accusation they can only trust in God to
straighten it out. This part of the Psalm lays out the plea and the distress.
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