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The Drowning Soul's Cry
Commentators explain that the "waters" are a powerful metaphor for overwhelming trouble. The psalmist feels not just surrounded by calamity but internally flooded by it, as if drowning. Scholars like John Calvin emphasize that the trouble has penetrated the "soul" or heart, signifying a crisis beyond mere physical danger.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 69:1
18th Century
Theologian
Save me, O God - That is, interpose and deliver me from the dangers which have come upon me.
For the waters are come …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 69:1
19th Century
Bishop
The waters ... — For this common and obvious figure of a “sea of troubles,” compare Psalm 18:4; Psalms 18:16;[Reference…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 69:1
19th Century
Preacher
The waves have not only worn at the bank, but they have dashed over the bulwarks, and there is a flood within, as well as a flood without.
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John Calvin
On Psalms 69:1
16th Century
Theologian
Save me, O God! for the waters, etc. Under the figure of waters, the Psalmist represents his condition as so extremely distressin…
John Gill
On Psalms 69:1
17th Century
Pastor
Save me, O God
The petitioner is Christ; not as a divine Person, as such he is blessed for ever, and stands in no ne…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 69:1–12
17th Century
Minister
We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer spoken of here, and ask why, as well as what He suffered. By meditating on this, we may be…