Psalm 69:7, Psalm 69:8 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 69:7-9

Psalms 69:7-9. Because for thy sake For my trust in thy promises, obedience to thy commands, and zeal for thy glory; “because I adhere to thee, and will use no unlawful means to right myself;” I have borne reproach For they turn all these things into matter of contempt and derision. I am become a stranger to my brethren, &c. They behave themselves toward me as if I were a perfect stranger, or a man of another country and religion. For the zeal of thy house That fervent love which... 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 69:7

THE CAUSE OF DAVID'S SUFFERING"Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;Shame hath covered my face.I am become a stranger to my brethren,And an alien to my mother's children.For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up;And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,That was to my reproach.When I made sackcloth my clothing,I became a byword unto them.They that sit in the gate talk of me;And I am the song of the drunkards.""For thy... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 69:7

Psalms 69:7. For thy sake— i.e. "Merely because I adhere to thee, and will use no unlawful means to right myself." See 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 24:22. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 69:7

7-12. This plea contemplates his relation to God as a sufferer in His cause. Reproach, domestic estrangement (Mark 3:21; John 7:5), exhaustion in God's service (John 7:5- :), revilings and taunts of base men were the sufferings. 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 69:6-7

The psalmist did not want others who trusted in God to feel discouraged by the opposition of his critics. He seems to have had in mind those who stood with him in the decision that had drawn criticism. 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 69:7

(7) Because.—Better, for.For thy sake.—It is plain from Psalms 69:9 that these words can only mean that the reproach under which the psalmist (or the community of which he was the spokesman) laboured was borne in the cause of religion. (Comp. Jeremiah 15:15.) read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 69:7-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:1-36

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 69:7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 69:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 69:7

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

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 69:6-7

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 69:7

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