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Psalm 69 is one of the most complicated Psalms. As we delve into the layers, let’s remember the conclusion. . .
Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them. For God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah (vv. 34-35, ESV).
Almost every verse of Psalm 69 has application to David, Jesus, Israel in the end times, and our discouragement now.
Let’s consider verses 1 and 2. . .
Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched.
Can you see David running from his enemies, our lives lost in struggle, Israel surrounded by enemies, and Jesus’s thirst on the cross? Considering verses 1 and 2, an author wrote, “Our waters are shallow because His were deep.”
Psalm 69, after Psalms 22 and 110, is the most quoted and referenced psalm in the New Testament.
Psalm 69:4 reads, “Those who hate me without cause,” and Jesus says in John 15:25, “They hated me without a cause.”
Psalm 69:8 says, “I have become a stranger to my brothers,” while John 7:5 reads, “For not even his brothers believed in him.” Jesus warns us in Matthew 10:36, “And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household.”
Zeal for God’s house, mentioned in verse 9, predicts Jesus saying, “Zeal for your house has consumed me,” in John 2:17 when he cleansed the temple, and Paul describing believers as the household of God today in Ephesians 2:19.
Let’s review: This Psalm references David, Jesus, Israel, the end times, and us.
In Psalm 69:24, David writes about his enemies, “Pour out your indignation upon them and let your burning anger overtake them.” Jesus warns, “There will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now” (Matthew 23:21). And Paul concludes, “While people are saying, ‘There is peace and security,’ then destruction will come upon them” (1 Thessalonians 5:3).
The litany of Psalm 69 about defeat, discouragement, victory for David, Jesus, and the church today has one conclusion:
We may cry out. . .
Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me. Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in distress; make haste to answer me (vv. 16-17).
But let’s remember. . .
For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own people (v. 33).
Amen. Peace out!