CONTENTS
The Psalmist is still before the mercy seat at his devotions, The subject is that general one, of the oppression of the wicked, and their triumphs. Deliverance is humbly sought for, and due confidence in divine mercy professed.
From the authority given to us in other parts of Scripture, to interpret, in numberless instances, the Psalms as referring primarily, and in their most important sense, to the person and offices of the Mediator, we may very safely, in places less clear, be upon the lookout for discoveries to the same blessed and profitable purpose. In this Psalm, which is without a title, (and probably, therefore, in the Septuagint translation is joined with the foregoing), we may exercise this inquiry for Jesus to no small advantage. When we hear Jesus on the cross complaining of his Father's desertion, we may be assured that he takes interest in what concerns the Divine withdrawings from his people. And it is both sweet and consolatory to a soul under the Lord's hidings, to recollect, that the great Head, like the members, was so exercised. Mark 15:34.