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The Seat of the Scornful
The Seat of the Scornful
By Virginia Brandt Berg (1886-1968)
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Every morning before I get up, I review Psalm 23. Then I say the Lord’s Prayer. Then I always read Psalm 1, and chapters 11 and 12 of Hebrews. I go through quite a few scriptures that bless my heart and help to prepare me for the day. But now I want to read you Psalm 1. I think many of you may know it or perhaps you memorized it long ago.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
“Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” You know, in so many places today there’s a scorning of the things of Christ, and it seems like nothing is sacred anymore. So much of the news is slanted toward modernism and communism (atheism). And some of the leaders that we expected so much from, it seems as if they’re not on the side of Christ.
I can understand why some people do not want to be outspoken for the Lord Jesus Christ. They come to a place where they are fearful. They don’t themselves sit in the seat of the scornful, but they’re afraid of these scornful ones and those that will ridicule them, or they’re afraid of the repercussions that could impact their career or reputation.
Some of the greatest people in history have been scorned for their stand. There is a lot of criticism these days, and it does make it hard for people to testify and to witness about the power and blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ.
True, every Christian who strives to faithfully bear witness for his Lord is going to pay dearly for his courage and his fidelity. Peter declared long ago, “Know this, there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (2 Peter 3:3; 1 Peter 5:8).
Now the paths of service are crimson with the blood of suffering. Hearts have been broken and hopes have been dashed and souls are needlessly wounded by thoughtless, cruel people who are willing to occupy front seats among the scornful. These people sit on the seat of the scornful and jeer at God’s people and make it hard for them to testify or witness about the things of Christ. I love those words in the psalm: “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful” (Psalm 1:1).
It was the same, though, for the Lord Jesus Christ. He was a hero of the multitude, but when the curtain came down on His ministry, men of religious bigotry and political malice unsheathed the sword of hatred, and at His arrest, His disciples fled for their lives. At the cross there was but one of His chosen disciples who dared to stand by.
You know, Paul was the heart of the early church. You remember that in his hour of direst need, he said: “Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world and has departed … and Crescens is gone,” and “Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil. … At my last trial no man stood with me. All men forsook me” (2 Timothy 4:10, 14, 16). Paul’s friends were not able to face the lions and the swords of fire and martyrdom. They clung tenaciously to their seat among the scornful.
This occurs in our time also. I had an experience along this line. A young woman had been greatly blessed; God had healed her marvelously, and she went to tell someone about it. She said, “Oh, I had the most marvelous doctor, and he did such a wonderful work.” Then she added in a whisper, “Of course, the Lord helped a little.”
I turned to her, and I said, “You did have a good doctor, but you’ve got a very jealous God; and the Lord healed you through the prayers of all your friends, and I prayed for you desperately. True, the doctor did help some, but the Lord did the work.” It seemed she was ashamed of this.
A friend complained of the blasphemy of a certain program, and I said, “Did you write in or protest?” She said, “Oh, goodness no! They would’ve published my name and my letter.” I responded, “Well, those that stand against Christ and the things that you believe, they don’t mind having their names published.”
One time a Christian woman and I were sitting in the Southern Pacific train. A conversation between three people took on a vitriolic tone toward the Bible and Christ. She couldn’t stand it any longer and she got up and left. She never said one word of protest or gave any witness of her faith before those people.
There’s something tragic when we’ve got so much to witness about, but we let those that sit in the seat of the scornful put fear into us. It’s an awful thing when we have such a wonderful Lord, and there can be such transformation in others’ lives, and yet we don’t tell people about the balm that there is in Gilead. We used to sing a hymn in Sunday school:
Dare to be a Daniel,
Dare to stand alone.
Dare to have a purpose true,
And dare to make it known.
—Phillip Bliss, 1872
Oh, I wish that some unsaved one listening in right now would have the courage to trust God for salvation and then help us stand out for His truth. Declare your allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ right now. Do you have the courage to do that? What a changed life you would have. What a witness you could be for the truth and the cause of the Lord Jesus Christ.
God help you to have courage to stand out for the cause of Christ in this dark day. It’s needed so very much, and surely you owe the Lord Jesus Christ that much loyalty that you’ll not listen to the scornful or sit anywhere near the seat of the scornful. God help you to have the courage to speak for Him.
From a transcript of a Meditation Moments broadcast, adapted. Published on Anchor March 2026. Read by Lenore Welsh.
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Salmo 69 - Parte 1 - Um Apelo Urgente à Ajuda em Tempos Difíceis
Salmo 69 Comentário de Dennis Edwards
Salmo 69:1-2 Salva-me, ó Deus, pois as águas entraram na minha alma. Afundo-me em lama profunda, onde não há firmeza; cheguei às profundezas das águas, onde as correntes me submergem.
O clamor de David soa semelhante ao de Jonas, o profeta que se meteu em apuros por causa da sua desobediência ao Senhor. Deus tinha chamado Jonas para avisar a cidade de Nínive sobre a sua iminente destruição caso não se arrependessem. Mas Jonas fugiu da presença do Senhor e embarcou num navio em sentido contrário.
Jonas acaba por ser atirado ao mar e engolido por uma baleia. Eis alguns dos clamores registados no livro de Jonas. A maioria deles eram clamores da própria boca de David e foram registados nos Salmos.
Jonas 2:1-2 Então Jonas orou ao Senhor, seu Deus, do ventre do peixe. E disse: Na minha angústia clamei ao Senhor, e ele me ouviu; do ventre do inferno clamei, e tu ouviste a minha voz.
Jonas, sendo um homem de Deus, um profeta, conhecia as Escrituras. Os versículos acima soam semelhantes ao Salmo 18:4-6.
Salmo 18:4-6 As dores da morte me cercaram, e as torrentes dos ímpios me atemorizaram. As dores do inferno me rodearam; os laços da morte surpreenderam-me. Na minha angústia clamei ao Senhor, e gritei ao meu Deus; ouviu a minha voz desde o seu templo, e o meu clamor chegou à sua presença, aos seus ouvidos.
Jonas continua a orar ou a recitar as Escrituras.
Jonas 2:3 Porque me lançaste no abismo, no meio dos mares; e as torrentes me cercaram; todas as tuas vagas e as tuas ondas passaram sobre mim.
O clamor acima soa como algo do Salmo 42:7: “Um abismo chama outro abismo ao ruído das tuas nascentes; todas as tuas ondas e vagas passaram sobre mim.”
Em seguida, registado em Jonas 2:4, está: “Então eu disse: Fui expulso da tua presença; contudo, tornarei a olhar para o teu santo templo.”
O Salmo 31:22 tem a mesma ideia de ser expulso da presença do Senhor ou sentir a falta da ajuda de Deus: “Pois eu disse na minha pressa: Fui cortado (expulso) da tua presença; contudo, tu ouviste a voz da minha súplica quando clamei a ti.”
Jonas continua: “As águas cercaram-me até à alma; o abismo rodeou-me, e as algas enrolaram-se na minha cabeça. Desci até aos sopés dos montes; “A terra com os seus ferrolhos cercou-me para sempre; contudo, tu me livraste da corrupção, ó Senhor meu Deus”, Jonas 2:5-6.
Uma observação à parte sobre o versículo acima, que menciona montanhas no oceano: a primeira montanha marinha registada foi descoberta por uma operação sueca de dragagem em águas profundas a 2 de julho de 1869. Os soviéticos descobriram a Cordilheira Lomonosov no Oceano Ártico em 1948, provando que a bacia do Ártico estava dividida por montanhas subaquáticas. É claro que os marinheiros da antiguidade já tinham reparado que algumas partes do oceano eram mais rasas do que outras. No entanto, só na década de 1950 é que os americanos e os soviéticos começaram a mapear o fundo dos oceanos e confirmaram a existência de enormes cadeias de montanhas interligadas nos fundos oceânicos.
A questão é: como é que Jonas, escrevendo entre 790 e 750 a.C., sabia das montanhas no fundo do oceano? O facto de ele saber parece apontar para um conhecimento oculto, a que a Bíblia se refere como Espírito Santo. Em 2 Timóteo 3:16a Encontramos o apóstolo Paulo a dar a resposta: “Toda a Escritura é inspirada por Deus”. O apóstolo Pedro confirma a afirmação de Paulo: “Antes de mais, sabei que nenhuma profecia da Escritura provém de interpretação particular. Porque a profecia nunca foi produzida por vontade de homem algum, mas os homens santos de Deus falaram inspirados pelo Espírito Santo” (2 Pedro 1:20-21). Por conseguinte, o Espírito Santo inspirou Jonas a escrever o que escreveu e deu-lhe um conhecimento que ele próprio não poderia ter conhecido.
Em Jonas 2:5, Jonas pode estar a recordar o Salmo 18:5 ou o Salmo 116:3, que diz: “As dores da morte me cercaram, e as angústias do inferno me alcançaram; encontrei angústia e tristeza”. Jonas, na sua situação difícil, clama ao Senhor, tal como David no Salmo 18:5 e o autor do Salmo 116:4: “Então invoquei o nome do Senhor; ó Senhor, eu te suplico, livra a minha alma”.
Em momentos de stress emocional e ansiedade, devemos fazer o mesmo. No entanto, David, nesta altura do salmo, ainda está dominado pela emoção e pela sensação de abandono. A sua fé ainda está a lutar e ele ainda não viu a luz do dia.
Antes de nos despedirmos de Jonas, precisamos de nos lembrar que Jonas foi uma prefiguração de Jesus. Tal como Jonas passou três dias e três noites no ventre da baleia, também Jesus passaria três dias e três noites no coração da terra, Mateus 12:40.
Salmo 69:3 Estou cansado de chorar; a minha garganta está seca; os meus olhos consomem-se de tanto esperar pelo meu Deus.
David está em grande angústia de alma e turbulência espiritual enquanto espera que Deus responda ao seu clamor. O Salmo poderia ser aplicado apropriadamente a Jesus, que o pode ter usado como uma das suas orações no Jardim do Getsémani. Recorde-se que Jesus suou sangue porque estava em grande tormento de alma e de espírito. “E, estando em agonia, orava mais intensamente; e o seu suor tornou-se como grandes gotas de sangue que caíam sobre a terra.” Lucas 22:44.
Salmo 69:4 Os que me odeiam sem causa são mais numerosos que os cabelos da minha cabeça; os que me querem destruir, sendo meus inimigos injustamente, são poderosos; então restituí o que não tinha tirado.
David sente-se sobrecarregado pelo número de inimigos que tem. Jesus teve também inúmeros inimigos, tanto físicos como espirituais.
Salmo 69:5 Ó Deus, tu conheces a minha loucura, e os meus pecados não te são ocultos.
Jesus foi tentado em tudo, à nossa semelhança, mas sem pecado, Hebreus 4:15. O versículo não pode referir-se a Ele. No entanto, David confessa frequentemente os seus pecados e falhas a Deus nos seus cânticos de oração e louvor. Noutras partes das Escrituras, encontramos a ideia de Deus ser omnisciente e omnipresente em toda a Sua criação. Teologicamente, é chamado de Omnisciente e Omnipresente.
Provérbios 15:3 Os olhos do Senhor estão em toda a parte, contemplando os maus e os bons.
2 Crónicas 16:9 Porque os olhos do Senhor percorrem toda a terra, para se mostrarem fortes para com aqueles cujo coração é totalmente dele.
Jesus disse que tudo o que é feito em segredo será revelado publicamente. Em Números 32:23 lê-se: “Tende a certeza de que o vosso pecado vos encontrará”. Não há nada oculto que não venha a ser revelado. Contudo, “se confessarmos os nossos pecados, ele é fiel e justo para nos perdoar os pecados e nos purificar de toda a injustiça” (1 João 1:9). “Quem encobre os seus pecados não prosperará; mas quem os confessa e os abandona alcançará misericórdia” (Provérbios 28:13).
Salmo 69:6 Não sejam envergonhados por minha causa os que esperam em ti, ó Senhor Deus dos Exércitos; não sejam confundidos por minha causa os que te procuram, ó Deus de Israel.
David está a orar com compaixão para que a sua vida, os seus problemas, não se tornem um obstáculo para outros crentes. Também Jesus, antes da sua paixão, orou pelos seus discípulos para que Deus os guardasse do mal, João 17:15b. Disse especificamente a Pedro que tinha orado por ele. Disse a Pedro para não perder a fé e que, quando se convertesse, "fortalecesse os seus irmãos", Lucas 22:32b.
Salmo 69:7-9 Porque por tua causa tenho suportado afrontas; a vergonha cobriu-me o rosto. Tornei-me estranho para os meus irmãos e estrangeiro para os filhos da minha mãe. Pois o zelo da tua casa me consumiu, e os insultos dos que te insultavam caíram sobre mim.
Por causa do amor de David por Deus, ele suporta opróbrio. Como David é um protótipo de Cristo, o versículo também pode ser visto profeticamente como referente a Jesus. Jesus suportou opróbrio por causa do seu amor por Deus e pela sua humanidade. A secção "o zelo da tua casa me consumiu" cita João 2:17 como referência a Jesus e ao seu zelo em limpar o templo dos cambistas e mercadores.
Salmo 69:10-12 Quando chorei e castiguei a minha alma com jejum, isso me foi para opróbrio. Fiz do pano de saco a minha roupa; e tornei-me um provérbio para eles. Os que se sentam à porta falam contra mim; e eu sou o cântico dos bêbados.
"Os que se sentam à porta" refere-se aos líderes ou anciãos da comunidade que vemos ao longo das Escrituras sentados às portas da cidade para julgar ou testemunhar transações comerciais.
Salmo 69:13-15 Mas eu, porém, oro a ti, SENHOR, no tempo aceitável; ó Deus, na multidão da tua misericórdia, escuta-me, segundo a verdade da tua salvação. Livra-me do lamaçal, e não me deixes afundar; livrai-me dos que me odeiam e das águas profundas. Não deixes que a corrente me submerja, nem que o abismo me engula, nem que a sepultura feche a sua boca sobre mim.
David está mais encorajado agora. Podemos imaginar Jesus a usar estes versículos em oração ao Seu Pai enquanto orava no Jardim do Getsémani. Final da primeira parte.
Psalm 69 - Part 1 - An Urgent Plea for Help in Trouble
Psalm 69 King James Version
Psalm
69:1-2 Save me, O God; for the waters
are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where
there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
The cry of
David sounds similar to that of Jonah the prophet who got himself into trouble
because of his disobedience to the Lord. God had called Jonah to warn the city
of Nineveh of its impending doom if they repented not. But Jonah ran from the
presence of the Lord and took a ship in the opposite direction.
Jonah ends
up getting thrown off the ship he took and swallowed by a whale. Here are some
of the cries that are recorded in Jonah’s book. Most of them were cries from
David’s own mouth and recorded in the Psalms.
Jonah 2:1-2
Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly. And said, I
cried by reason of my affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the
belly of hell cried I, and You heard my voice.
Jonah,
being a man of God, a prophet, was familiar with the scriptures. The above
verses sound similar to Psalm 18:4-6.
Psalm
18:4-6 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me
afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented
me. In my distress I called unto the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my
voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, even into His ears.
Jonah
continues praying or reciting scripture.
Jonah 2:3
For You have cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods
compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
The above
cry sounds like something from Psalm 42:7. “Deep calls unto deep at the noise
of thy water-sprouts (waterfalls): all thy waves and billows have gone over me.”
Next
recorded in Jonah 2:4 is, “Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will
look again toward they holy temple.”
Psalm 31:22
has the same idea of being cast out of the Lord’s sight or feeling a lack of
God’s help. “For I said in my haste, I am cut off (cast out) from before Your
eyes (out of your sight); nevertheless, You heard the voice of my supplication
when I cried unto thee.
Jonah
continues, “The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed
me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. I went down to the
bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet
have You brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God,” Jonah 2:5-6.
An aside note here on the above verse which mentions mountains in the ocean: the first recorded sea mountain was discovered by a Swedish deep-sea dredging operation on July 2, 1869. The Soviets discovered the Lomonosov Ridge in the Arctic Ocean in 1948, proving the Arctic basin was divided by underwater mountains.
Of course, sailors in antiquity had noticed that
some parts of the ocean were shallower than others. However, it wasn’t until
the 1950s that the American and Soviets began to map the floor of the oceans
and confirmed the existence of massive interconnected mountain ranges across
the ocean floors.
The question is how did Jonah, writing between 790-750 BC, know about the mountains on the ocean floor? The fact that he did seems to point to a hidden knowledge, which the Bible refers to as the Holy Spirit. In 2 Timothy 3:16a we find Apostle Paul giving the answer: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God.”
Apostle Peter confirms Paul’s affirmation. “Knowing
this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God
spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost,” 2 Peter 1:20-21. Therefore, the Holy
Spirit inspired Jonah to write what he did and gave him knowledge that he
himself could not have known.
In Jonah 2:5, Jonah could be remembering Psalm 18:5 or Psalm 116:3 which says, “The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold of me: I found trouble and sorrow.” Jonah in his predicament calls out to the Lord as does David in Psalm 18:6 and the author of Psalm 116:4. "Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul."
We can remember, also, that Jonah is a foreshadowing of Jesus. Jonah was three days and nights in the whale’s belly, while Jesus was three days and nights in the heart of the earth, Matthew 12:40.In time of
emotional stress and anxiety, we must, like David and Jonah after him, cry out to the Lord for help. However, David, at this
point in the psalm, is still overwhelmed with emotion and the feeling of being
forsaken. His faith is still battling and he has not seen the light of day yet.
Psalm 69:3 I
am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for my
God.
David is in great distress of soul and spiritual turmoil while waiting on God to respond to his cry. The Psalm could aptly apply to Jesus who may have used it as one of His prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane. Remember Jesus sweat blood because He was in so much torment of soul and spirit. “And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground,” Luke 22:44.
Psalm 69:4 They
that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that
would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that
which I took not away.
David feels overwhelmed by the number of enemies he has. Jesus, also, had innumerable enemies, both physical and spiritual.
Psalm 69:5 O
God, You know my foolishness; and my sins are not hidden from thee.
David
frequently confesses his sins and short-coming to God in his songs of prayer
and praise. Elsewhere in the scripture we find the idea of God being
all-knowing and ever-present throughout His creation. Theologically it is
called Omniscient, and Omnipresent.
Proverbs
15:3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
2
Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole
earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect
toward Him.
Jesus said
that whatsoever is done in secret shall be made known in public. In Number
32:23 we read, “Be sure your sin will find you out.” There is nothing hidden
that shall not be revealed. Nevertheless, “if we confess our sin, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our sin, and cleanse us of all
unrighteousness,” 1 John 1:9. “He that covers his sin shall not prosper: but
whoso confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy,” Proverbs 28:13.
Psalm 69:6 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 is compassionately praying that his life, his problems, do not become a stumbling block to other believers. Jesus, also, before His passion, prayed for His disciples that God would keep them from the evil, John 17:15b. He specifically told Peter that He had prayed for him. He told Peter to not lose faith, and that when he was "converted, strengthen your brethren," Luke 22:32b.
Psalm
69:7-9 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. I
am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that
reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Because of
David’s love for God, he bears reproach. As David is a protype of Christ, the
verse could also be seen prophetically as pertaining to Jesus. Jesus bore
reproach because of His love of God, and love for mankind. The section, “the
zeal of thine house has eaten me up,” is quoting in John 2:17 as referring to
Jesus and His zeal in cleansing the temple of the money-changers and merchants.
Psalm 69:10-12
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. I
made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. They that sit
in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
“They that
sit in the gate,” refers to the leaders or elders of the community who we see
throughout scripture sitting at the gates of the city to pass judgment or
witness business transactions.
Psalm
69:13-15 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in
the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. Deliver
me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that
hate me, and out of the deep waters. Let not the waterflood overflow me,
neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
David is more encouraged now. We could imagine Jesus using these verses in prayer to His Father while he prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. End of part one. Go to Part 2.
Psalm 69 - Parte 2 - An Urgent Pleas for Help in Trouble
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Psalm 69:16-18 Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of my enemies.
The Holy Spirit is moving David in prayer and leaving us an example of how to intercede in prayer to God in our moments of despair and desperation.
Psalm 69:19-20 You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: my adversaries are all before thee. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Jesus in the Garden looked to his disciples to be with Him in prayer, but their eyes were heavy and they fell asleep. On the cross, Jesus may have had the same experience. God had to let Jesus die the death of a sinner, so that He would be a compassionate High Priest that had been touched with the feelings of our infirmities, being tempted in all things, like we, yet without sin, Hebrews 4:15.
Apostle Paul quotes from verse 20 in his letters to the Romans saying we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves, “For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me,” Romans 15:3.
Psalm 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
The above verse is considered prophetic of Christ. In Matthew 27:47-48 we find, “Some of them that stood there, when they heard that (when Jesus had cried out: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me from Psalm 22, a prophecy of His crucifixion), (they) said, This man calls for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar (sour wine which numbed the pain of crucifixion), and put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink.”
The Holy Spirit is moving David in prayer and leaving us an example of how to intercede in prayer to God in our moments of despair and desperation.
Psalm 69:19-20 You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: my adversaries are all before thee. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Jesus in the Garden looked to his disciples to be with Him in prayer, but their eyes were heavy and they fell asleep. On the cross, Jesus may have had the same experience. God had to let Jesus die the death of a sinner, so that He would be a compassionate High Priest that had been touched with the feelings of our infirmities, being tempted in all things, like we, yet without sin, Hebrews 4:15.
Apostle Paul quotes from verse 20 in his letters to the Romans saying we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves, “For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me,” Romans 15:3.
Psalm 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
The above verse is considered prophetic of Christ. In Matthew 27:47-48 we find, “Some of them that stood there, when they heard that (when Jesus had cried out: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me from Psalm 22, a prophecy of His crucifixion), (they) said, This man calls for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar (sour wine which numbed the pain of crucifixion), and put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink.”
In John's Gospel we find the same event.
"After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, (the scripture in Psalm 69:21), said, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar (sour wine), and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop (a branch), and put it to His mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed the head and gave up the ghost," John 19:28-30.
The next section of the Psalm could be prophetic of what would happen to the enemies of Christ. Jesus had prayed that God pardon the Roman guards who were doing their job in crucifying Him. However, the next section of David’s prayer could be the Messiah’s own prayer against the unrepentant reprobates, the Scribes and Pharisees who hated Him.
Psalm 69:22-25 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
In 70AD, around 40 years after his death, Titus and the Roman legions destroy the temple and Jerusalem. The Jewish leadership lost their position and their homeland as a result of their condemnation of their own Messiah. If mankind doesn't repent and fall at Jesus' feet, they have a fearful looking to of judgment.
Psalm 69:26 For they persecute Him whom You have smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom You have wounded.
In Isaiah 53:4 we find, “Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” Jesus carried our griefs and sorrows on the cross. He was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities. Our chastisement came upon Him and through His stripes we are saved.
David, as Jesus’ protype, seems to be putting into the mouth of Jesus a prayer of condemnation against His enemies.
Psalm 69:27-28 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
In Revelation 20:11-15 we find the description of the Great White Throne Judgment that occurs after the Millennium period. At that time, those who were not raised at the first resurrection/rapture event will be judged.
“And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
Both David and Jesus prayed that God righteously judge the wicked for their wickedness. You can read of Jesus' sentiment in Matthew 23 or John 8.
Psalm 69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
In contrast to the wicked who gloat over their wickedness, David is humble and broken and dependent of God for his salvation. He is poor and sorrowful, “not rich and increased with goods and in need of nothing,” Revelation 3:17.
The next section of the Psalm could be prophetic of what would happen to the enemies of Christ. Jesus had prayed that God pardon the Roman guards who were doing their job in crucifying Him. However, the next section of David’s prayer could be the Messiah’s own prayer against the unrepentant reprobates, the Scribes and Pharisees who hated Him.
Psalm 69:22-25 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
In 70AD, around 40 years after his death, Titus and the Roman legions destroy the temple and Jerusalem. The Jewish leadership lost their position and their homeland as a result of their condemnation of their own Messiah. If mankind doesn't repent and fall at Jesus' feet, they have a fearful looking to of judgment.
Psalm 69:26 For they persecute Him whom You have smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom You have wounded.
In Isaiah 53:4 we find, “Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” Jesus carried our griefs and sorrows on the cross. He was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities. Our chastisement came upon Him and through His stripes we are saved.
David, as Jesus’ protype, seems to be putting into the mouth of Jesus a prayer of condemnation against His enemies.
Psalm 69:27-28 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
In Revelation 20:11-15 we find the description of the Great White Throne Judgment that occurs after the Millennium period. At that time, those who were not raised at the first resurrection/rapture event will be judged.
“And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
Both David and Jesus prayed that God righteously judge the wicked for their wickedness. You can read of Jesus' sentiment in Matthew 23 or John 8.
Psalm 69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
In contrast to the wicked who gloat over their wickedness, David is humble and broken and dependent of God for his salvation. He is poor and sorrowful, “not rich and increased with goods and in need of nothing,” Revelation 3:17.
In Isaiah 53:3, we see that Jesus was "a man of sorrows." "He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities," "and the Lord, (God the Father), has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all," Isaiah 53:5 & 6.
The prophecy continues, "Yet it pleased the Lord (God the Father) to bruise Him (God the Son); He (God the Father) has put Him (God the Son) to grief; when You (God the Father) shall make His (God the Son's) soul an offering for sin, He (God the Father) shall prolong His (God the Son's) days, and the pleasure of the Lord (God the Father) shall prosper in His (God the Son's) hands, Isaiah 53:10.
"He (God the Father) shall see the travail of His (God the Son's) soul, and shall be satisfied: by His (God the Son's) knowledge shall My righteous servant (God the Son) justify many; for He (God the Son) shall bear their iniquities," Isaiah 53:11.
Jesus bore our iniquities on the cross. Therefore, God the Father has set Him on high for He is "the Lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world," John 1:29. "For You are worthy ... for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every kindred and tongue, and people, and nation," Revelation 5:9.
"Wherefore God also has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father," Philippians 2:9-11.
It is Jesus who God has set on high. He is the way, the truth, and the life, John 14:6. He is the door to eternal life with the Father, John 10:7. There is no other name under heaven given amongst men whereby we must be saved, Acts 4:12.
Psalm 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
God has told us that He dwells, or His presence inhabits, the praises of His people, Psalm 22:3. He has told us to enter into His presence with thanksgiving and praise, Psalm 100:4. Praise and thanksgiving glorify God.
Psalm 69:31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs.
Here we see right in the mouth of David some thousand years before Christ, the truth that God is more pleased with the condition of our heart, our attitude towards Him and others, than the outward display of sacrifices and offerings.
Jesus said in John 5:24, “God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth,” John 4:24.
Psalm 69:32-33 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. For the Lord hears the poor, and despises not his prisoners.
When the humble and poor see the judgment of the wicked they will rejoice.
Psalm 69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves therein.
Revelation 4:11 “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for You have created all things, and for your pleasure they are and were created.”
Psalm 69:35-36 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
Here’s one of the verses that the Christian Zionists or the Jewish Zionists use to claim that have right to all the land promised to the descendants of Abraham from the Nile to the Euphrates. Since the 1917 Balfour Declaration the Jewish people have returned to Palestine and rebuilt the cities of Judah. In 1948 they became a nation in one day.
Psalm 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
God has told us that He dwells, or His presence inhabits, the praises of His people, Psalm 22:3. He has told us to enter into His presence with thanksgiving and praise, Psalm 100:4. Praise and thanksgiving glorify God.
Psalm 69:31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs.
Here we see right in the mouth of David some thousand years before Christ, the truth that God is more pleased with the condition of our heart, our attitude towards Him and others, than the outward display of sacrifices and offerings.
Jesus said in John 5:24, “God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth,” John 4:24.
Psalm 69:32-33 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. For the Lord hears the poor, and despises not his prisoners.
When the humble and poor see the judgment of the wicked they will rejoice.
Psalm 69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves therein.
Revelation 4:11 “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for You have created all things, and for your pleasure they are and were created.”
Psalm 69:35-36 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
Here’s one of the verses that the Christian Zionists or the Jewish Zionists use to claim that have right to all the land promised to the descendants of Abraham from the Nile to the Euphrates. Since the 1917 Balfour Declaration the Jewish people have returned to Palestine and rebuilt the cities of Judah. In 1948 they became a nation in one day.
They believe it is their God given right to possess the land. The Zionists believe that they can use any and every means possible to fulfil that right, even breaking God’s laws in the process. The manner in which the Jewish immigrants have displaced the former occupiers of Palestine and cruelly treated them has displeased God and the international community.
Psalm 69:36 The seed also of His servants shall inherit it: and they that love His name shall dwell therein.
Is the above verse talking about the Millennium period after the present dispensation? The Zionist will use the verse as further Biblical proof for their right to inheritance of the land. But are they really His servants? Are they following His precepts? Have they accepted His Son, the anointed Messiah foretold of in their Scriptures? Do they love the name of Jesus? Apostle Paul and Charles Spurgeon all agree that there is only one Israel: those that believe on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Galatians 4:26,28-29 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. … There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male or female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Romans 8:17 “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.”
Philippians 1:29 “For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake.”
It’s not only believing, but speaking out for Jesus on matters of truth and love. Jesus said, “Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels,” Mark 9:38.
Belief means drinking in Jesus’ words and spirit so that they become one with us. If we believe, we will stand up and be counted. We’ll stand up for truth. We’ll stand up against injustice. We’ll stand up in the power of love for the truth of the Gospel in all we do and speak. As Apostle Paul admonished his disciples, “that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God,” Acts 14:22b. If we stand up for Jesus, for truth, for love, “we shall suffer persecution.”
Psalm 69:36 The seed also of His servants shall inherit it: and they that love His name shall dwell therein.
Is the above verse talking about the Millennium period after the present dispensation? The Zionist will use the verse as further Biblical proof for their right to inheritance of the land. But are they really His servants? Are they following His precepts? Have they accepted His Son, the anointed Messiah foretold of in their Scriptures? Do they love the name of Jesus? Apostle Paul and Charles Spurgeon all agree that there is only one Israel: those that believe on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Galatians 4:26,28-29 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. … There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male or female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Romans 8:17 “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.”
Philippians 1:29 “For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake.”
It’s not only believing, but speaking out for Jesus on matters of truth and love. Jesus said, “Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels,” Mark 9:38.
Belief means drinking in Jesus’ words and spirit so that they become one with us. If we believe, we will stand up and be counted. We’ll stand up for truth. We’ll stand up against injustice. We’ll stand up in the power of love for the truth of the Gospel in all we do and speak. As Apostle Paul admonished his disciples, “that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God,” Acts 14:22b. If we stand up for Jesus, for truth, for love, “we shall suffer persecution.”
2 Timothy 3:12 "Yea, and all that will godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."
It is part and parcel of an Ambassador's commission. Jesus said so.
"The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for My name's sake, because they know not Him that sent Me," John 15:20-21.
Salmo 69 - Parte 1 - Una súplica urgente de ayuda en apuros
Salmo 69 (Versión Reina Valera) - Comentario de Dennis Edwards
Salmo 69:1-2 Sálvame, oh Dios, porque las aguas han entrado en mi alma. Me hundo en lodo profundo, donde no hay apoyo; he llegado a aguas profundas, donde las corrientes me anegan.
El clamor de David se asemeja al del profeta Jonás, quien se metió en problemas por su desobediencia al Señor. Dios había llamado a Jonás para advertir a la ciudad de Nínive de su inminente destrucción si no se arrepentían. Pero Jonás huyó de la presencia del Señor y tomó un barco en dirección contraria.
Jonás terminó siendo arrojado del barco y tragado por una ballena. Estos son algunos de los clamores que se registran en el libro de Jonás. La mayoría de ellos fueron clamores de la propia boca de David y están registrados en los Salmos.
Jonás 2:1-2 Entonces Jonás oró al Señor su Dios desde el vientre del pez. Y dijo: «Clamé al Señor a causa de mi aflicción, y él me respondió; desde el seno del Seol clamé, y tú oíste mi voz».
Jonás, siendo un hombre de Dios, un profeta, conocía bien las Escrituras. Los versículos anteriores se asemejan a Salmo 18:4-6.
Salmo 18:4-6: «Me rodearon los dolores de la muerte, y me atemorizaron las inundaciones de los impíos. Me rodearon los dolores del Seol; me asediaron las trampas de la muerte. En mi angustia clamé al Señor, y a mi Dios clamé; él oyó mi voz desde su templo, y mi clamor llegó hasta él, hasta sus oídos».
Jonás continúa orando o recitando las Escrituras.
Jonás 2:3: «Porque me arrojaste al abismo, en medio de los mares; Y las corrientes me rodearon; todas tus olas y tus crestas pasaron sobre mí.
Este clamor recuerda al Salmo 42:7: «Un abismo llama a otro abismo al estruendo de tus cascadas; todas tus olas y crestas pasaron sobre mí».
A continuación, en Jonás 2:4, se lee: «Entonces dije: He sido arrojado de tu presencia; sin embargo, volveré a mirar hacia tu santo templo».
El Salmo 31:22 expresa la misma idea de ser apartado de la vista del Señor o sentir la falta de la ayuda de Dios: «Pues dije en mi prisa: He sido apartado de tu presencia; sin embargo, oíste la voz de mi súplica cuando clamé a ti».
Jonás continúa: «Las aguas me rodearon hasta el alma; el abismo me envolvió, las algas se enredaron en mi cabeza». Bajé hasta las faldas de las montañas; «La tierra, con sus cercos, me rodeaba para siempre; pero tú, Señor, Dios mío, has sacado mi vida de la corrupción», Jonás 2:5-6.
Cabe mencionar, en relación con el versículo anterior que habla de montañas en el océano, que la primera montaña submarina registrada fue descubierta el 2 de julio de 1869 por una operación sueca de dragado de aguas profundas. En 1948, los soviéticos descubrieron la Dorsal de Lomonósov en el océano Ártico, demostrando que la cuenca ártica estaba dividida por montañas submarinas.
Por supuesto, los marineros de la antigüedad ya habían notado que algunas partes del océano eran menos profundas que otras. Sin embargo, no fue hasta la década de 1950 que los estadounidenses y los soviéticos comenzaron a cartografiar el fondo oceánico y confirmaron la existencia de enormes cadenas montañosas interconectadas.
La pregunta es: ¿cómo sabía Jonás, quien escribió entre el 790 y el 750 a. C., de la existencia de estas montañas en el fondo marino? El hecho de que lo supiera parece indicar un conocimiento oculto, al que la Biblia se refiere como el Espíritu Santo. En 2 Timoteo 3:16a Encontramos al apóstol Pablo dando la respuesta: «Toda la Escritura es inspirada por Dios».
El apóstol Pedro confirma la afirmación de Pablo: «Primero que nada, sabiendo esto: que ninguna profecía de la Escritura es de interpretación privada. Porque la profecía no vino en otro tiempo por voluntad humana, sino que los santos hombres de Dios hablaron siendo inspirados por el Espíritu Santo» (2 Pedro 1:20-21). Por lo tanto, el Espíritu Santo inspiró a Jonás a escribir lo que escribió y le dio conocimiento que él mismo no podía haber conocido.
En Jonás 2:5, Jonás podría estar recordando el Salmo 18:5 o el Salmo 116:3, que dice: «Me rodearon los dolores de la muerte, y me alcanzaron las angustias del Seol; hallé angustia y dolor». En su apuro, Jonás clama al Señor, al igual que David en el Salmo 18:6 y el autor del Salmo 116:4: «Entonces invoqué el nombre del Señor; Señor, te ruego que libres mi alma.
También podemos recordar que Jonás es una prefiguración de Jesús. Jonás estuvo tres días y tres noches en el vientre de la ballena, mientras que Jesús estuvo tres días y tres noches en el corazón de la tierra (Mateo 12:40).
En momentos de estrés y ansiedad, debemos hacer lo mismo. Sin embargo, David, en este punto del salmo, todavía está abrumado por la emoción y la sensación de abandono. Su fe aún lucha y no ha visto la luz al final del túnel.
Salmo 69:3 «Estoy cansado de clamar; mi garganta está seca; mis ojos desfallecen mientras espero a mi Dios».
David se encuentra en gran angustia y confusión espiritual mientras espera que Dios responda a su clamor. El salmo podría aplicarse perfectamente a Jesús, quien tal vez lo usó como una de sus oraciones en el Huerto de Getsemaní. Recordemos que Jesús sudó sangre porque estaba sumido en un profundo tormento de alma y espíritu. «Y estando en agonía, oraba con más fervor; y su sudor era como grandes gotas de sangre que caían a tierra», Lucas 22:44.
Salmo 69:4 «Los que me odian sin causa son más numerosos que los cabellos de mi cabeza; los que quieren destruirme, siendo mis enemigos injustamente, son poderosos; entonces restituí lo que no había quitado».
David se siente abrumado por la cantidad de enemigos que tiene. Jesús también tuvo innumerables enemigos, tanto físicos como espirituales.
Salmo 69:5 «Oh Dios, tú conoces mi insensatez; mis pecados no te son ocultos».
Jesús fue tentado en todo como nosotros, pero sin pecado, Hebreos 4:15. Este versículo no puede referirse a él. Sin embargo, David confiesa frecuentemente sus pecados y faltas a Dios en sus cánticos de oración y alabanza. En otras partes de las Escrituras encontramos la idea de que Dios es omnisciente y omnipresente en toda su creación.
Proverbios 15:3: «Los ojos del Señor están en todo lugar, observando a los malos y a los buenos».
2 Crónicas 16:9: «Porque los ojos del Señor recorren toda la tierra para mostrar su poder a favor de los que tienen un corazón íntegro para con él».
Jesús dijo que todo lo que se hace en secreto saldrá a la luz. En Números 32:23 leemos: «Ten por seguro que tu pecado te alcanzará». No hay nada oculto que no haya de ser revelado. Sin embargo, «si confesamos nuestro pecado, él es fiel y justo para perdonarnos nuestro pecado y limpiarnos de toda maldad» (1 Juan 1:9). «El que encubre su pecado no prosperará; mas el que lo confiesa y lo abandona alcanzará misericordia», Proverbios 28:13.
Salmo 69:6 No se avergüencen por mi causa los que esperan en ti, oh Jehová Dios de los ejércitos; no se confundan por mi causa los que te buscan, oh Dios de Israel.
David ora con compasión para que su vida, sus problemas, no se conviertan en un obstáculo para otros creyentes. Jesús, antes de su pasión, también oró por sus discípulos para que Dios los protegiera del mal, Juan 17:15b. Le dijo específicamente a Pedro que había orado por él. Le dijo a Pedro que no perdiera la fe y que, cuando se convirtiera, fortaleciera a sus hermanos, Lucas 22:32b.
Salmo 69:7-9 Porque por tu causa he soportado el oprobio; la vergüenza ha cubierto mi rostro. Me he convertido en un extraño para mis hermanos, y en un forastero para los hijos de mi madre. Porque el celo de tu casa me consume; y los oprobios de los que te insultaban han caído sobre mí.
Por su amor a Dios, David soporta el oprobio. Dado que David es un prototipo de Cristo, este versículo también podría interpretarse proféticamente como una referencia a Jesús. Jesús soportó el oprobio por su amor a Dios y a la humanidad. La frase «el celo de tu casa me consume» se cita en Juan 2:17 y se refiere a Jesús y a su celo por purificar el templo de los cambistas y mercaderes.
Salmo 69:10-12 «Cuando lloré y castigué mi alma con ayuno, aquello fue para mi oprobio. Me vestí de cilicio, y me convertí en objeto de burla para ellos. Los que se sientan a la puerta hablan contra mí, y soy el canto de los borrachos».
«Los que se sientan a la puerta» se refiere a los líderes o ancianos de la comunidad que, a lo largo de las Escrituras, aparecen sentados a las puertas de la ciudad para juzgar o presenciar transacciones comerciales.
Salmo 69:13-15 Pero yo, Señor, te ruego en el tiempo oportuno: oh Dios, conforme a la multitud de tu misericordia, escúchame, conforme a la verdad de tu salvación. Líbrame del lodo, y no permitas que me hunda; líbrame de los que me odian, y de las aguas profundas. Que no me ahogue la inundación, ni me trague el abismo, ni me cierre la boca el pozo.
David se siente más animado ahora. Podríamos imaginar a Jesús usando estos versículos en oración a su Padre mientras oraba en el Huerto de Getsemaní. Fin de la primera parte. Ir a la segunda parte.
