Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
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
Pour out thine indignation upon them. What can be too severe a penalty for those who reject the incarnate God, and refuse to obey the commands of his mercy? They deserve to be flooded with wrath, and they shall be; for upon all who rebel against the Saviour, Christ the Lord, "the wrath is come to the uttermost." 1Th 2:16.
These are not David's prayers but prophecies of Christ's persecutors, especially the Jewish nation that rejected Him. The apostle himself applies these verses to the judgment God brought upon unbelieving Jews, justifying the gospel by the very destruction of the temple and all who clung to the Mosaic economy against Christ.
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Commenting on Psalm 69:22-29