Psalm 69 stands among eleven psalms identified as containing major portions that foretell Christ's life, character, ministry, death, or sovereign rule. It belongs to the category of typical Messianic psalms, in which the psalmist's own experience serves as a type later fulfilled more fully in Christ. Verses 4 through 9 record David's description of enemies who hate him without cause, his need to restore what he did not steal, the reproach and shame he bears for God's sake, his alienation from his brothers, and the zeal for God's house that consumes him. These statements, written about David, find their greater realization in Jesus Christ, who endured unfounded reproach, whose brothers did not believe until after the resurrection, and whose cleansing of the temple was explained by the same language of consuming zeal. The passage therefore illustrates the principle of type and anti-type that governs many Messianic prophecies in the Psalms: events in the life of the Davidic type prefigure the greater events of the Messiah's first coming. This treatment of Psalm 69 contributes to the larger demonstration that the Psalms constitute a principal Old Testament repository of prophecies concerning both advents of Christ, prophecies that become clear once the New Testament record of His life, death, and exaltation is known.