1. The unwarranted hatred of David's enemies 69:1-4

69:1-3 The psalmist likened his desperate condition to that of a drowning man. He also pictured himself hoarse from praying and losing his eyesight as he strained to see God's deliverance that had not yet appeared.

69:4 David faced numerous critics that he described hyperbolically as innumerable. His enemies were very powerful people. He was having to make concessions to them that were unwarranted.

Jesus Christ suffered this type of opposition as well. He referred to His sufferings as a fulfillment of what David had written here and elsewhere (Ps. 35:19) in John 15:25.