Psalm 69

Psalm 69 begins with the pleading of one about to be overwhelmed. "I've had it up to hear!" This is a common phrase of frustration with circumstances. David is frustrated with the people who surround him. Everyone of them seems to be out to destroy him. I'm sure that there are many times that leaders feel like David. Yet this leader had one to whom he could always trust; the LORD. Surely this wasn't the first prayer for the situation, nor probably the last. But it was a prayer of someone who had given up hope on an equitable resolution in this life. So he turned his fears and frustrations over to God. The bad news is that the psalm doesn't end with the problems resolved. But David does look past his present oppression and anticipates God working in a way to amaze the son of Jesse.
Stuart