John Trapp on Psalms 69:29

Verſ. 29. But I am poer and ſorrowful] The Church is uſually ſo, and may ſing as here, Va[illegible: 1 letter]nignant, &c. but her comfort is; 1 That Chriſt ſaith unto her, as Rev. 2.9. I know thy ſorrow and poverty (but that is nothing) Thou art rich. 2 That her poverty is not penal, but Medicinal; Gods diſpenſation is ſit her for better riches: As a wiſe Phyſician purgeth a foul body till he bring it almoſt to skin and bone; But why? That having made it poor there may bee a ſpring of better bloud and ſpirits.