Psalm 69:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 69:10-12

Psalms 69:10-12. When I wept For their impiety, and the reproaches they cast upon God and godliness; and chastened my soul with fasting That is, either my body or myself; that was my reproach They derided me for my piety and devotion, and for my faith in God’s promises and hopes of assistance from him. I made sackcloth also my garment In token of my humiliation and hearty sorrow, as the manner then was in days of fasting. I became a proverb to them They used my name proverbially of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:1-36

Psalms 69:0 Undeserved sufferingAs a person sinking in a muddy pit, or someone drowning in swirling floodwaters, so the psalmist fears he is being overwhelmed by his sufferings. No human help is near (1-3). His enemies cruelly injure him, forcing him to suffer for sins that he did not commit (4). He knows he is not sinless, but he also knows that he has tried to live uprightly before God. On the basis of this he cries out to God to rescue him. He does not want his enemies to triumph over him,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 69:12

the song = the mocking song. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 69:12

12. sit in the gate—public place (Proverbs 31:31). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 69:1-36

Psalms 69In this imprecatory psalm of individual lament, David sought God to deliver him from destruction. He was experiencing criticism and rejection from the Israelites because of decisions he had made to do God’s will. He asked God to deal with his oppressors, and he looked forward to relief and the renewal of praise to God. Some scholars have labeled this psalm "indirectly messianic" because, while it does not specifically predict Messiah, Messiah fulfilled what the writer expressed (cf.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 69:5-12

2. The reason for and the results of David’s condition 69:5-12 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 69:12

From the most respected city judges who sat in the gate to the least respected drunkards, everyone was criticizing David. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:1-36

This whole Ps. should be compared with Psalms 22, 31, 35, 38, , 40. It is the prayer of one who is in deep distress, wrongfully persecuted by enemies, and conscious that, though he is sinful, his sufferings are due to his fidelity to God (Psalms 69:1-12). He pleads for deliverance (Psalms 69:13-20) and calls upon God to take the severest vengeance on his adversaries (Psalms 69:21-28). The Ps. closes with a triumphant strain of praise (Psalms 69:29-36). Psalms 69:35 points to a date long after... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 69:12

(12) In the gate . . .—The place of public resort where justice was administered. (See Psalms 9:14 Note.)And I was the song.—Literally, and songs of those drinking strong drink, but we must supply the pronoun. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 69:1-36

Looking and Not Finding Psalms 69:20 Read the whole verse; it is like the falling of a great thunder-shower of tears. 'Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.' Say you that man wrote three thousand years ago? He wrote this morning, he is with us now, he is in our hearts. A man takes his sorrow with him more surely than he takes his shadow. I. 'I looked for some to take pity.' What a... read more

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