Psalms 69:4

4. They that hate me These bear a threefold distinction.

1. They are more than the hairs of mine head. Psalms 39:12.

2. They are mighty,

3. They hate without cause wrongfully. The whole psalm is highly Messianic, and our Lord directly refers to this latter description of his enemies, John 15:25. Then I restored that, etc. I surrendered that which I had never taken, and which they had no right to demand. I was made legally answerable for acts which I never committed. See Jeremiah 10:15. The language seems to be used proverbially. Bishop Mant versifies it:

“For rapine, which my hands ne’er knew,

Content I paid the atonement due.”

How true of David! How much more true of Christ!