Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.
David here resembles the twenty-second psalm in lamenting the cruelty of his enemies, though we cannot fix which persecution occasioned it, Saul's or Absalom's. Yet the New Testament quotes it of Christ at least seven times, making clear it is prophetic of Him. David's affliction did not shake his trust in God or weaken his holy conduct; rather, his zeal for God's glory provoked the world's hatred against him.
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Commenting on Psalm 69:1-36
A servant longs for his master's face; the more we love our Father, the more we feel it when He hides His face. When distress overwhelms us, that very distress is our plea, God will not abandon us in our darkest hour, only add sorrow to sorrow. Even our Lord cried out for swift mercy, teaching us we may do the same.
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His enemies mocked him for fasting and praying, even made him the drunkard's song; yet he resolves to keep praying. Let no scoff or hard word jeer you out of your duty to God. While they rely on insolence and slander, he lodges his cause with the Lord, and affliction makes such prayers all the more acceptable to Him.
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Commenting on Psalm 69:13-21