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Now this particular Psalm 69 is definitely going back to His pre-crucifixion suffering. How He suffered at the hands of His covenant people Israel. So the language, again, is as if—like we had in earlier Psalms—as though the Lord Himself is saying it, but it’s through the pen of David by inspiration.

So when it says in the first verse, “Save me, O God;” it’s coming from the lips of the Lord Jesus. It’s in His pre-crucifixion suffering and anxiety.

Psalms 69:1-2a

“Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2. I sink in deep mire,…” Now you’ve got to constantly remember His agony in the Garden and leading up to His suffering of the cross itself. All these are references to that whole event.

Psalms 69:2

“I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.” In other words, all of the ramifications of that work of the cross are just flowing over Him.

Psalms 69:3-4a

“I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. (Now that’s all evident again from His suffering on the cross itself.) 4. They that hate me without a cause (There’s no reason for them to hate Him so. But they did.) are more than the hairs of mine head: (That is in number.) they that would destroy me,…” Now remember, what did they cry out? Crucify Him. Away with Him.

Let’s go back and look at John chapter 15, which is exactly a quote from this very Psalm. John chapter 15 verse 25 and, again, I’m doing this to show the meticulousness and the intricacy of Scripture.
This is the inspired Word of God, and here it proves it. What David wrote back in the Psalms came from the lips of the Lord Jesus Himself. Now, John’s Gospel chapter 15 verse 25, and it’s in red if you’ve got a red-letter edition.

John 15:25

“But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.” Now remember, the Psalms are all part of the Old Testament record, so it is part of the Law. This is the exact wording from the Psalms. So here again, what I’ve got to constantly point out, is that the Scripture is so intricately put together. Now back to Psalms 69. Keep your hand up there in John. We’re coming back to Corinthians in just a minute.

Psalms 69:4

“They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, (Israel had no reason to hate Him so. He hadn’t done them anything wrong except oppose their wickedness and sinfulness.) are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.”

Psalms 69:5

“O God, (In other words, God the Son is crying out to the Father.) thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.” Now be a Bible student. Be a Berean. What’s He talking about? His own sin? No! He had none. So whose sins are we talking about? The sins of the world.

Now come up to the New Testament for the answer. That would be in II Corinthians chapter 5. I don’t know what number it is, but I know it’s the last verse in the chapter. II Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21. This is what He’s talking about. I’ll wait until you find it. II Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21. Well, we’d better read verse 20.

II Corinthians 5:20-21

“Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, (Paul writes) as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you (we beg you) in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21. For (And that’s why I had to read that verse.) For he (God) hath made him (God the Son. Jesus of Nazareth. God hath made Jesus—) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

So what sin is He talking about in the Psalms? The sin of the world that was laid on Him. Don’t ever lose that. All our sin from Adam to the end was laid on Him. That’s why the movie that Gibson produced didn’t even scratch the surface. All that showed was some of His human suffering. But where was the majority of His suffering? In His Spirit as a Member of the Godhead who took upon Himself all the sin of every human who ever lived. We can’t comprehend that. That’s why it took a person of the Godhead to do the work of salvation. No human being can take on the sins of mankind. And that’s why I confronted a little Muslim girl one time. I said, “Does the Koran give you a Savior who could take upon Himself your sin?” Well, I don’t think she even knew what I was talking about. But see, the whole concept of Scripture is that one of the Members of the Godhead, the Creator Himself, became the epitome of sin. That’s why God had to turn His head from Him. That’s why He could not look on Him, because He was covered with the sins of mankind.

Now back to Psalms 69. I hope I can make that clear, that when He speaks of my sins, it wasn’t His personal sin. He had none. But He became sin on our behalf that we might have His righteousness imputed to us. Verse 6: