Psalm 69
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Of this Psalm, Christopher Ash says, … the New Testament declares that what David experiences is fulfilled in Christ and that the enemies are the enemies are the enemies of Christ.
Psalm 69 is quoted and referenced throughout the NT:
Jesus quotes the Psalmist’s words in verse 4: those who hate me without cause in John 15:25 of Himself.
zeal for your house as seen in verse 9 of the Psalm are remembered by the disciples after Jesus cleanses the temple in John 2:17.
The apostle Paul applies the second half of verse 9, the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me to Christ in Rom. 15:13.
The prayer for God’s wrath to be poured out on David’s enemies in verse 24 of the Psalm is referenced in Rev. 16:1 which connects that prayer to the enemies of Christ.
Yes, it is right to think of Psalm 69 as one that points us to Christ. That the suffering of David points us to the suffering of Christ. But I suggest that the suffering of the church is connected here as well.
Back to verse 4 in which David laments that his enemies hate him without cause. When Jesus quotes this verse in John 15:25 and applies those words to Himself, He also issues a warning that those same enemies will hate all those who follow Jesus.
Those of us who are followers of Christ are in Christ. We are unified to Christ. The Apostle Paul captures how we are to think of this union:
For is we have been united with Him in a death like His, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His. (Rom. 6:5)
David’s suffering is in this Psalm, they point to the suffering of Christ and those who follow Christ can pray this Psalm as we our resurrected Christ sustains us until we dwell with Him forever.
