Psalms 40:7

40:7 Then I say,

“Look! I come!

What is written in the scroll pertains to me. ¹ 

Psalms 69:2

69:2 I sink into the deep mire

where there is no solid ground; ² 

I am in ³  deep water,

and the current overpowers me.

[40:7]  ¹ tn Heb “in the roll of the scroll it is written concerning me.” Apparently the psalmist refers to the law of God (see v. 8), which contains the commandments God desires him to obey. If this is a distinctly royal psalm, then the psalmist/king may be referring specifically to the regulations of kingship prescribed in Deut 17:14-20. See P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 (WBC), 315.

[69:2]  ² tn Heb “and there is no place to stand.”

[69:2]  ³ tn Heb “have entered.”