Psalm 69:26

26 Because they persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

Psalm 69:26 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 69:26

For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten
Meaning the Messiah, who was not only smitten and scourged by men, but was stricken and smitten of God; according to his determinate counsel and foreknowledge, and agreeably to his will and plea sure; with the rod of his justice for the satisfaction of it; for the sins of his people, whose surety he was. Him the Jews followed with reproaches and calumnies; pursued after his life, and persecuted him unto death; and which was the cause of their ruin and destruction; see ( 1 Thessalonians 2:15 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ) ;

and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded;
or, "of thy wounded ones" ^F12; not wounded by him, but wounded for his sake, on his account, and for their profession of faith in his son Jesus Christ. These, as they were led to the slaughter, had trial of cruel mockings, which aggravated their sufferings, and were very grieving to them; especially such talk as reflected upon their dear Redeemer, for whose sake they were put to death.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Kyllx) "vulneratorum tuorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Musculus; so Ainsworth.

Psalm 69:26 In-Context

24 Pour out thy wrath upon them, and let the fury of thine anger take hold on them.

25 Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents:

26 Because they persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into thy righteousness.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be written with the righteous.