This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
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
This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. No sacrifice is so acceptable to God, who is a Spirit, as that which is spiritual. He accepted bullocks under a dim and symbolical dispensation; but in such offerings, in themselves considered, he had no pleasure.
The humble and afflicted see God's readiness to hear the poor and favor His captives, and this observation brings them gladness. Spiritual sacrifices of thanksgiving please Him far more than oxen or bullocks ever could. Let all who are poor and imprisoned in spirit rejoice in His gracious visits and take heart that He will enlarge them.
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Commenting on Psalm 69:30-36