The Most Avoided Messianic Psalm (2): The Persecutions of the Godly (Psalm 69:5-8) by Rev. Angus Stewart
I. The Nature of Them
II. The Reasons for Them
III. The Prayer Regarding Them
John Calvin: "The Psalmist farther aggravates his complaint by the additional circumstance, that he was cruelly cast off by his own relations and friends; from which we are taught, that when by our devotedness to the cause of religion we cannot avoid exciting the displeasure of our brethren against us, it is our duty simply to follow God, and not to confer with flesh and blood" (Comm. on Ps. 69:8).