Spurgeon described several kinds of deep mire the believer may sink into:
No wonder it was said of Jesus before He went to the cross, He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed (Matthew 26:37). We can picture Jesus sinking down into the deep mire of humanity’s sin and guilt, coming truly to the deep waters, where the floods overflow. Here he is in the opposite position, sinking down in the mud and the mire, where there is no standing. I sink in deep mire: In other psalms David rejoiced at being set upon a rock (Psalm 40:2). Each has its own type of fear and misery.ī. Other times we feel as if the water level slowly rises until we are overwhelmed. Sometimes we feel like things rush in on us, like drowning in a flood. Centuries later, the Son of David heard a drowning disciple cry out, Save me! (Matthew 14:30) He felt he was about to drown ( the waters have come up to my neck). Save me, O God: David had many times in his life where this prayer was needed. The soul of the singer pours itself out in unrestrained abandonment to the overwhelming and terrible grief which consumes it.” (G. “Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow profounder or more intense than in this. Set to “The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.Īs with Psalm 45, this psalm is Set to “The Lilies.” The phrase may refer to the general beauty of the composition, to the tune, or even to a six-stringed instrument known as the Shoshannim (the literal translation of the Hebrew). This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician.
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