The Lord’s servant reviews past sufferings in assured hope
Sometimes Israel denotes the nation, sometimes the church, and on rare occasions the Lord Jesus, e.g. “Out of Egypt have I called my Son.” The psalm obviously depicts the sufferings of God’s people at the hands of their enemies. Right from their birth as a nation, they had known the deep furrows of enmity laid upon them.
Yet it is also true of our Lord, that from His childhood He experienced the same. Recollect how, as a child He was hunted by Herod, and eventually despised by His own, and ultimately gave His back to the smiters (Isa.50:6). The smiters and ploughers upon Christ and His church shall not prosper, and contrary to Ps.126:6, the mower will not have sufficient in the wicked to bind into sheaves. Indeed, the angel reapers in the last day shall gather the chaff and cast into everlasting fire.
Sometimes Israel denotes the nation, sometimes the church, and on rare occasions the Lord Jesus, e.g. “Out of Egypt have I called my Son.” The psalm obviously depicts the sufferings of God’s people at the hands of their enemies. Right from their birth as a nation, they had known the deep furrows of enmity laid upon them.
Yet it is also true of our Lord, that from His childhood He experienced the same. Recollect how, as a child He was hunted by Herod, and eventually despised by His own, and ultimately gave His back to the smiters (Isa.50:6). The smiters and ploughers upon Christ and His church shall not prosper, and contrary to Ps.126:6, the mower will not have sufficient in the wicked to bind into sheaves. Indeed, the angel reapers in the last day shall gather the chaff and cast into everlasting fire.
Psalm 129 1 Oft did they vex me from my youth, | Recommended Tune |