Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
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
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake. If he were deserted, others who were walking in the same path of faith would be discouraged and disappointed. Unbelievers are ready enough to catch at anything which may turn humble faith into ridicule, therefore, O God of all the armies of Israel, let not my case cause...
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