O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
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
God knows my foolishness, but not as men reckon it, what appears folly to the blind appears supreme wisdom before Him. When we feel our own stupidity we must not cease praying; fools have the greatest need to consult with infinite Wisdom. No fig leaf covers sin from His sight; only His covering brings justification. Only the man who can say, Thou knowest my foolishness, can truly say, But thou knowest that I love thee.
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When afflictions enter the soul itself, not merely threatening life but disquieting the mind, the spirit becomes wounded and cannot sustain. All that David sought to prop his hope upon failed him; he sank in mire without footing, overwhelmed in deep waters, this points to Christ's inward agony when He cried that His soul was exceedingly sorrowful.
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Commenting on Psalm 69:1-12