Covenant Reformed News – April 2010 • Volume XII, Issue 24
This article from Covenant Reformed News examines Psalm 69 as a messianic psalm, arguing that Christ's imprecatory prayers against His enemies demonstrate the absence of common grace toward the reprobate. The author contends that the physical blessings given to the wicked are instruments of divine judgment rather than expressions of God's benevolent love, positioning this exegesis against the doctrine of a well-meant offer of salvation to all.
The Psalms Versus Common Grace (4) After considering Psalms 5 and 11 by David, Psalm 73 by Asaph and Psalm 92, a “Sabbath day” song, we return to a Davidic psalm, Psalm 69 and especially verses 20-28. All agree that Psalm 69 is a messianic psalm. Verse 9a (“the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up”) is quoted in John 2:17 with reference to Jesus’ first cleansing the temple. Verse 9b (“the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me”) is cited by Paul in Romans 15:3 regarding...