Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
David here resembles the twenty-second psalm in lamenting the cruelty of his enemies, though we cannot fix which persecution occasioned it, Saul's or Absalom's. Yet the New Testament quotes it of Christ at least seven times, making clear it is prophetic of Him. David's affliction did not shake his trust in God or weaken his holy conduct; rather, his zeal for God's glory provoked the world's hatred against him.
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Commenting on Psalm 69:1-36
Turn your complaint itself into prayer, there is nothing in honest distress you cannot bring before the Lord. He will deliver you both from trouble and sustain you in it; ask for both without fear. God's power reaches every kind of need, and His willingness matches His strength.
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His enemies mocked him for fasting and praying, even made him the drunkard's song; yet he resolves to keep praying. Let no scoff or hard word jeer you out of your duty to God. While they rely on insolence and slander, he lodges his cause with the Lord, and affliction makes such prayers all the more acceptable to Him.
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Commenting on Psalm 69:13-21