Psalm 69 is explicit about those who reject the Messiah of the Jews.
“27 Charge them with crime upon crime.
Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life,
And not be written with the righteous.”
Psa 69:27-28
That means eternal death of course, if you are not in the Lamb’s book of life. That is of course is echoed in Scripture after Scripture, of both the Old and the New Testaments. Of the Christ it says,
“Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
For his wrath will soon be kindled.
Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.”
Psa 2:12
And we also, Christians, are counted as sheep for the slaughter,
Rom 8:36
Jesus promises us,
“… If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.”
Jn 15:2-
So this psalm is very relevant to the Christian and his struggles, Christian Age long!
Though in pain, the psalmist praises God, Psa 69:29-30.
The humble will see this and be glad!
This sacrifice He makes will be exceedingly pleasing to the Lord. It does indicate that God will in the end save Him from all of this unfaithfulness and treachery.
“31 It will please Yahweh better than an ox,
Or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
32 The humble have seen it, and are glad.
You who seek after God, let your heart live.
33 For Yahweh hears the needy,
And doesn’t despise his captive people.”
Psa 69:31-33
Ah! At last it specifically make an application that is wider than David and Jesus. “His captive people.” Are you among the humble who hear?
Lastly this psalm indicates that even the Jews
will finally recover from this rejection
“For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah.
They shall settle there, and own it. “
Psa 69:35
One could argue that “Zion” applies to Zion above in Psa 48:2, and Gal 4:24-26, and Heb 12:22. But God building “the cities of Judah,” seems clearly to speak of Judah of this earth! Likewise Zechariah, after the first return from captivity pictures says,
“… “‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle in it.”
Zech 2:4
But that has never happened … YET! And that is NOT Jerusalem above, because it has walls, Rev 21:1-2, 12-15. And Jesus says not one jot or a tittle of prophecy will fail until ALL of it has been fulfilled, Mt 5:18. So there remains a rebuilding by God of Jerusalem in Judah.
And who among the Jews will share this blessing?
“The children also of his servants shall inherit it.
Those who love his name shall dwell therein.” Psa 69:36
Of course these last verses are yet to happen. It is not that Jesus will at last relent and have a worldly kingdom. Rather that in a later time of distress, the Jews will repent, and will become a strong Chistian nation, Deut 4:30, Deut 30:6, Rom 11:11-12.
Scriptures are from the World English Bible (WEB), a copyright free revision
of the original ASV American Standard Version 1901