# 33 2019. Dev. Psalm 69:5,29. Affliction! Read all of Ps. 69. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw Gremar and I closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Ps. 69:5 “You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.”29 “But as for me, afflicted and in pain—may your salvation, God, protect me.”
Ps. 69-72 begins a new series, ending book 2 of the Psalter. They contain three prayers and a royal Psalm of Solomon. Ps 69 is a prayer for relief from persecution and rejection applied to the king unjustly. The king’s situation echoes Christ’s experience while on this earth. Along with Ps. 22, Ps. 69 is the most quoted Psalm in the New Testament. The Ps. is divided in half; Vs. 1-15 and 16-36. V. 5 is the middle of the section 1 and v 29 is the middle of section 2, vs 5 and 29 compliment each other.
While v. 5 acknowledges the king’s guilt it also leads to concern for the innocent, concern for those associated with the king. This applies to Jesus but also applies to us as the followers of Jesus who stand opposed to our secular culture: “Lord, the Lord Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me. God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.” We share the burden of Jesus, rejection, maligned unjustly, hated because we promote love and forgiveness.
Section 2 begins with: “V 16. Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.” Certainly a prayer we share with the Psalmist. The center of this section is: V 29 “But as for me, afflicted and in pain—may your salvation, God, protect me.” We have been spared much of the pain of following Jesus that over 200 million people experience around the world. Yet God is faithful: “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.” Even where we live; facing only a few of the challenges of the king in this Ps. or of followers of Jesus in some countries today, Jesus is faithful to us.
The promised Land always was and is a metaphor for the Kingdom of God and for Life Eternal. This is how this Psalm ends: “Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and all that move in them 35 for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;36 the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.” The inheritance of our God. Thank you Lord Jesus!
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