Psalm 109:21-31

Lament of the Righteous Against Traitors and Enemies.

V. 21. But do Thou for me, O God the Lord, taking his part, showing him blessings, for Thy name’s sake; because Thy mercy, the grace of Yahweh, the God of salvation, is good, the source and foundation of all true spiritual blessings, deliver Thou me. V. 22. For I am poor and needy, this being particularly descriptive of the Messiah in His suffering as our Substitute, and My heart is wounded within Me, as when He Himself complained that His soul was exceeding sorrowful, even unto death, Matt. 26, 38.

V. 23. I am gone like the shadow when it declineth, toward evening, just before it is swallowed up by darkness; I am tossed up and down as the locust, driven away like grasshoppers before the wind, Ex. 10, 19. V. 24. My knees are weak through fasting, His deep grief causing Him to loath all food; and My flesh faileth of fatness, emaciation following deep and sustained sorrow.

V. 25. I became also a reproach unto them, Ps. 69, 11. 12; Matt. 27, 39-44; when they looked upon Me, they shaked their heads. V. 26. Help Me, O Lord, My God, the Messiah’s own prayer being recorded here as in Ps. 22 and 69; O save Me according to Thy mercy, v. 27. that they, the enemies, may know that this is Thy hand, that Thou, Lord, hast done it, His deliverance thus resulting in the glorification of Yahweh.

V. 28. Let them curse, in a vain attempt to bring evil upon the Lord’s servant, but bless Thou, since God’s blessing more than offsets any curse on the part of men; when they arise, in order to carry out their evil designs, let them be ashamed; but let Thy Servant rejoice, knowing that the end of His suffering is near. V. 29. Let Mine adversaries be clothed with shame, on account of the fact that their evil plans miscarried, and let then cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle, with the disgrace which their evil deeds brought upon them.

V. 30. I will greatly praise the Lord with My mouth, for the deliverance which is bound to come; yea, I will praise Him among the multitude, in the midst of His congregation V. 31. For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to wage war in His behalf, to save Him from those that condemn His soul. Thus God, the righteous Judge, would eventually pronounce the sentence of justification upon His Servant. Compare Is. 53, 8.