Psalms Chapter 68
Salvum me fac, Deus.
Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their reprobation.
68:1. Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David.
For them that shall be changed.... A psalm for Christian converts, to remember the passion of Christ.
68:2. Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
The waters.... Of afflictions and sorrows. My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Matt. 26.38.
68:3. I stick fast in the mire of the deep and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
68:4. I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse, my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
68:5. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.