...unceasing aid ; on his arm he was leaning, in his strength he was advancing, and to him he was crying, " Save me, O God, for the waters are come in unto my soul !" With the above testimony all his communication with mortals closed. On Thursday evening about nine...

...Saul : and how heavily they bore upon his mind, the psalms which he composed most amply testify. " Save me, O God ! for the waters are come in unto my...throat is dried : mine eyes fail, while I wait for my God." Would we know what was the occasion of this overwhelming sorrow? He tells us; " They that hate...

...imputed to him, and of sorrows the punishment of sin". He it is that in the psalm before us is saying, " Save me, O God ! for the waters are come in unto my soul." David, it is true, was the writer of the psalm ; and in parts of it may be considered as speaking chiefly,...

...are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me ; and horror hath overwhelmed meh." " The waters are come in unto my soul : I sink in deep...throat is dried : mine eyes fail while I wait for my Godc." To mention only one passage more, the Saviour complains, " I am poured out like water, and all...

...afflictions. Both, therefore, employ it. Thus David : " Save me, O God, for the waters are come into my soul ! I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing...come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me ; Ps. 69:1. Again, Ps. 69: 14, "Let me be delivered ... out of the deep waters." Ps. 18: 16, "He sent...

...pained within me, my sorrow is continually before me ; fearfulness and trembling are come upon me : I sink in deep mire where there is no standing : I...come into deep waters where the floods overflow me." When at length the longdreaded day arrived, the approach of which he had feared more than he feared...

...the church. "1. Save rae, O God, for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2. I sink into deep miro, where there is no standing : I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me." The Gospels imform us concerning the constancy and patience of Christ under his sufferings: the sufferings...

...is continually before me ; fear.. fulness and trembling are come upon me. I sink in deep mire' where is no standing, I am come into deep waters where the floods overflow me." When at length the long-dreaded day arrived, the approach of wbich he had feared more than he feared...

...me, O Lord, for thy name's sake : for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. ^ f 13 Save me, O God: for the waters are come in unto my soul. 14I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow...

...the Messiah calling the sins of his people his own ; inasmuch as he and they constitute one body. " Save me, O God, for the waters are come in unto my...soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: lam come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me." And in v. 5, he ascribes his sufferings to...