Section 1

David writes Psalm 69 as an urgent plea for Deliverance while under pressure, openly naming himself “poor and sorrowful” and asking, “Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.” He knows exactly whose he is, which frees him to be honest before the Lord. Though he once faced Goliath with bold faith, he now wrestles with deeper inward struggles—anxieties, insecurity, and weariness—and he casts them upon the Lord continually. That confidence rests in God’s saving action: the Lord’s rescue is not only eternal but also situational, meeting us “in our time of need.” David’s hope is that God’s Salvation will lift him, steady him, and plant a new song in his mouth even while the battle still rages.

Section 2

From that posture, David chooses a response: “I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify Him with thanksgiving.” Thanksgiving becomes the fruit of his lips in everything, during glory and during gory, because God is worthy and trustworthy in both. This grateful trust pleases the Lord more than ritual sacrifice; God desires inward reality over outward ceremony. When we praise the Lord in truth—trusting Him as the solution to our situations—we align with the faith of Abraham, and we please the God whom it is impossible to please without faith. The humble see this and are glad, because they recognize that the Lord hears the poor and does not despise His prisoners; He is near and He knows.

Section 3

David models a clear pattern for us: know whose you are, ask for God’s rescue, and then choose praise and thanksgiving as an act of faith. Our confidence is not in people, plans, or performances—which fail like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint—but in the Lord who never fails. Therefore we keep our “big fat nose” in the Book, remember that the God who created the universe can write a Book, and live out what it says: trust Him, thank Him, depend on Him, and count on Him. We may not know the end from here, but we know Him who does—and everything He does for His people is ultimately for our good.