Psalms 69:1-3 (ESV)
TO THE CHOIRMASTER: ACCORDING TO LILIES. OF DAVID.
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.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.
We have no idea where David was when he wrote this plasm, or what circumstances he was facing. It is obvious from these opening lines that he was in a dire spot. It could be any time he was being hunted by Saul. It could be when he was pushed out of Jerusalem by his son Absalom. We just have no idea.
What we do know is that David is in dire straights. We have no idea if the words he uses to describe his condition are to be read literally or metaphorically. We don’t know if he is in mire up to his neck, or feels like he is in mire up to his neck. Throughout Psalm 69 we read where David is in a bad spot. Note:
Psalms 69:14-15 (ESV)
Deliver me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.
Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or the pit close its mouth over me.
The key to the entire song/prayer, however, is the opening line of the psalm. It simply reads:
Save me, O God!
That is the place we all are to go when we are either literally or metaphorically sinking in the mire of life. We ought not to turn to any other sources for our salvation. God is the one who saves. It is not a matter if we will ever be in the mire or feel like we are in the mire of life. It is a matter only about who we call upon when we get there. David called upon God. So ought we.
Psalms 69:13 (ESV)
But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
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