The Psalmist is in despair. He is in emotional, psychological, spiritual trouble. He is also quite literally threatened by enemies. His trouble he describes as flood-waters. Today we use the term “overwhelmed.” Crying out to God, he says, “The waters have come up to my neck.” He is also trapped, as in quicksand: “I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold.” He has worn himself out crying his prayers, and wailed such that he has a sore throat; he has spent sleepless nights, but has found no answer. “I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.” A physician or psychologist would certainly diagnose the Psalmist as depressed. To what extent…