Psalm 69

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In regards to Psalm 69, Matthew Henry notes,

“…in this, David was a type of Christ, and divers passages in this psalm are applied to Christ in the New Testament and are said to have their accomplishment in him” (402).

Specifically, Henry notes verses 4, 9, 21 and 22:

“They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away” (Psalm 69:4).

“For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me” (Psalm 69:9).

“They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink” (Psalm 69:21).

“Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap” (Psalm 69:22).

In his summary of Psalm 69, Matthew Henry wrote that David begins with listing his afflictions, pleads for God’s help and judgment, and ends with praise. (402).

Henry ends his summary with the following:

“In singing [Psalm 69] we must have an eye to the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that followed, not forgetting the sufferings of Christians too, and the glory that follow them; for it may lead us to think of the ruin reserved for the persecutors and the rest reserved for the persecuted” (402.)

Works Cited

Henry, Matthew. “Psalm 69.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

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