Psalms 69:29

But I am poor and sorrowful,.... The Messiah was poor in a literal sense, as it was foretold he should, Zac 9:9; so he was in his private life; born of poor parents, and brought up in a mean way: and…

But I am poor and sorrowful - I am afflicted and suffering. The word here rendered “poor” often means “afflicted.” Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high - Let thy help raise me up from my low…

These imprecations are not David's prayers against his enemies, but prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors, especially the Jewish nation, which our Lord himself foretold with tears, and…

In contrast to the fate which his enemies deserve, the Psalmist looks forward to his own deliverance, and predicts the restoration of Jerusalem and the reestablishment there of the true people of God.…