The wrath lieth hard upon me
So some good men apprehend, when they are under afflictive
dispensations of Providence, and are left of God, and have not
his immediate presence, and the discoveries of his love; though
fury is not in him, nor does any wrath in reality fall upon them,
only it seems so to them; see ( Psalms 38:1 Psalms 38:2 ) (
Lamentations 3:1 ) ,
but the wrath of God did really lie with all the effects of it
upon Christ, as the surety of his people, when he was made sin,
and a curse for them; see ( Psalms 89:38
) ,
and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves;
the afflictions of God's people are compared to waves and billows
of the sea, which are many, and come one upon the back of
another, and threaten to overwhelm and sink; see ( Psalms 42:7 ) and so
the sufferings of Christ are signified by waters coming into him,
and floods overflowing him; and hence they are called a baptism,
( Psalms
69:1 Psalms 69:2 ) (
Luke 12:50 ) ,
and these were brought upon him by the Lord; he spared him not;
he laid the whole chastisement, all the punishment due to the
sins of his people, on him; he caused every wave to come upon
him, and him to endure all sorrows and sufferings the law and
justice of God could require.
Selah. (See Gill on Psalms 3:2).