When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed by Troubles | Psalm 69

Written a thousand years before Jesus was born, Psalm 69 is one of those psalms of David that seems to be a favorite of the New Testament authors. It also seems to have been a favorite of Jesus because he quotes from it in John 15:25. It's quoted by the apostles Paul and Peter. And it's quoted by the gospel writers. All of them quoting different parts of this psalm. So why did this psalm so heavily resonate with Jesus and the New Testament authors? Because all of us go through times when we just can't get troubling circumstances off our mind, whether it's problems in relationships, or problems at work, problems with money, problems in our family, or problems with our health. Times when we just can't get our mind off of our worry, anxiety, fear of the future, fear of what is going to happen because of our past. That was David in this psalm. So what does he pray? Psalm 69 ESV 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 foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.  3 I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.  4 More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore? 5 O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.  6 Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. 7 For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.  13 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.  14 Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.  15 Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep sw