Psalms 69:4
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
The first half of the verse foretells that Christ would be hated without cause, and this was fulfilled when the scribes and Pharisees hated both Him and His Father after seeing His works and hearing His words. Those opposers had for a time believed John's positive, Spirit-filled eyewitness testimony, yet pride and unbelief working after Satan's order produced in them envy and jealousy and then outright hatred of Christ. Because He came and spoke to them, they were left guilty in sin with no excuse.
The second half, "I restored that which I took not away," stands against the background that Adam by disobedience dishonored the divine government, broke God's law, forfeited what God had given, and justice demanded that the penalty be paid. Christ, equal with God, volunteered to bear the punishment, clothing His divinity with humanity, humbling Himself and becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, and only by that humiliation of the Prince of heaven could the dishonor be removed, justice satisfied, and humanity restored. What He thus restored without having taken it was holiness to the law of God's kingdom and dignity to the divine government, and by bearing in His own body the curse of sin He placed happiness and immortality within the reach of all.