Message Notes

SSS 4 26 FEBRUARY 2023
Book 2
Psalms 42-72

Text: Psalm 69

To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.

1 Save me, O God!
For the waters have come up to my neck.

2 I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.

3 I am weary with my crying;
My throat is dry;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 Those who hate me without a cause
Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.

5 O God, You know my foolishness;
And my sins are not hidden from You.

6 Let not those who wait for You, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;

9 Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

10 When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.

11 I also [e]made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword to them.

12 Those who sit in the gate speak against me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is to You,
O LORD, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

14 Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.

15 Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

16 Hear me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good;
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.

17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.

18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
Deliver me because of my enemies.

19 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonour;
My adversaries are all before You.

20 Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of heaviness;
I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for comforters, but I found none.

21 They also gave me gall for my food,
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;
And make their loins shake continually.
24 Pour out Your indignation upon them,
And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

25 Let their dwelling place be desolate;
Let no one live in their tents.

26 For they persecute the ones You have struck,
And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.

27 Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And let them not come into Your righteousness.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
And not be written with the righteous.

29 But I am poor and sorrowful;
Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bull,
Which has horns and hooves.

32 The humble shall see this and be glad;
And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.

33 For the LORD hears the poor,
And does not despise His prisoners.

34 Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and everything that moves in them.

35 For God will save Zion
And build the cities of Judah,

That they may dwell there and possess it.

36 Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it
And those who love His name shall dwell in it.

Psalm 69:1-36

AN OVERVIEW OF PSALM 69

1. A Personal Psalm of David

a) Suffering remembered

b) Seeking mercy from the Lord to help him cope

2. A Psalm with Messianic references

a) Identification with human suffering

b) Prophetic Intimation of the suffering of the Messiah

A CANDID REVIEW OF SUFFERING

1. Noting of personal suffering by David

1 Save me, O God!
For the waters have come up to my neck.

2 I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.

Psalm 69:1-2

a) It is compared to a flood

i) Deep waters

ii) Overwhelming

b) Post flood

i) Deep mire

ii) Stuck

iii) Struggling

c) A plea to be saved (delivered)

2. Crying out to the LORD in prayer

3 I am weary with my crying;
My throat is dry;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 Those who hate me without a cause
Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.

Psalm 69:3-4

a) Feelings of being overwhelmed

i) Weary with crying

ii) Throat dry

iii) Eyes fail while waiting upon the LORD

b) The enemies who cause such suffering

i) They hate without a cause

ii) They are more than the number of follicles in the head

iii) They are also mighty

iv) They are enemies wrongfully

v) They forced David to make good losses that he did not incur

3. Confession of foolishness and sin

5 O God, You know my foolishness;
And my sins are not hidden from You.

6 Let not those who wait for You, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.

Psalm 69:5-7

a) Foolishness

b) Sin

c) Both were confessed

d) Shame was felt deeply

e) Reproach had to be borne

f) Concern for those who followed David as their leader

i) They may suffer shame

ii) May they not be confounded

iii) David understood the problems that his followers may face

SOME CONSEQUENCES OF SUFFERING

I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;

Psalm 69:8

1. Family relationship may be affected

2. Being alienated from siblings

A MESSIANIC REFERENCE

Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

Psalm 69:9

1. This is a revelation to David

2. David did not actually suffer because of the “Lord’s house”

3. This text was cited in John 2

13 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers [b]doing business.

15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.

16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”

John 2:13-17

4. Significance of this Messianic revelation

a) A contrast to be noted

i) David’s foolishness and sin

ii) The Messiah’s wisdom and sinlessness

b) Even the Messiah would have to undergo suffering

i) David may draw encouragement from this truth

ii) Suffering can still be experienced because of wicked people