Psalm 69:28-29 NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 69:22-29

These imprecations are not David's prayers against his enemies, but prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors, especially the Jewish nation, which our Lord himself foretold with tears, and which was accomplished about forty years after the death of Christ. The first two verses of this paragraph are expressly applied to the judgments of God upon the unbelieving Jews by the apostle (Ps. 69:22, 23; Rom. 11:9, 10), and therefore the whole must look that way. The rejection of the Jews... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:28

Let them be blotted out of the book of life ,.... Which some understand of this animal life, or of the catalogue of living saints; of their being not written among the living in Jerusalem, or in the writing of the house of Israel, Isaiah 4:3 . The Targum is, "let them he blotted out of the book of the memory of the living.' Let their names rot and perish, being buried in everlasting oblivion. Aben Ezra interprets this book of the heavens; where, he says, all things that should come to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:29

But I am poor and sorrowful ,.... The Messiah was poor in a literal sense, as it was foretold he should, Zechariah 9:9 ; so he was in his private life; born of poor parents, and brought up in a mean way: and in his public life, having no certain dwelling place, and ministered to by others; and when on the cross, being stripped of his garments; and nothing to eat and drink but gall and vinegar; and nothing to leave to his mother, but commits her to the care of his beloved disciple. Though... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:28

Let them be blotted out - They shall be blotted out from the land of the living. They shall be cut off from life, which they have forfeited by their cruelty and oppression. The psalmist is speaking of retributive justice; and in this sense all these passages are to be understood. And not be written with the righteous - They shall have no title to that long life which God has promised to his followers. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:29

I am poor and sorrowful - Literally, I an laid low, and full of pain or grief. Hence the prayer, "Let thy salvation, O God set me on high!" My oppression has laid me low; thy salvation shall make me high! read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:28

Verse 28 28.Let them be blotted out from the book of the living. (95) This is the last imprecation, and it is the most dreadful of the whole; but it nevertheless uniformly follows the persevered in impenitence and incorrigible obduracy of which the Psalmist has spoken above. After having taken away from them all hope of repentance, he denounces against them eternal destruction, which is the obvious meaning of the prayer, that they might be blotted out of the book of the living; for all those... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:29

Verse 29 29.As for me, I am poor and sorrowful. (97) From this verse we perceive more distinctly how David cast away from him the swelling and raging passion of those who, with ungovernable fury, pour forth imprecation and vengeance. He here, without doubt, offers himself to God with the sacrifice of a broken and humble heart, that by this meekness of spirit he may obtain favor with him. He therefore adds immediately after, Thy salvation shall exalt me. Those assuredly who are impelled to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 69:1-36

The psalm divides into five unequal portions, consisting respectively of four, eight, nine, eight, and seven verses. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 69:22-29

The imagination of the cruelties to be inflicted on his innocent Descendant works up the psalmist to a pitch of passionate resentment, which finds vent in a series of bitter imprecations, very distasteful to many. They are less startling, however, than some to be found elsewhere, as in Psalms 102:1-28 . We may view them either as an outpouring of righteous indignation upon the enemies, not of David only, but of God; or as a series of prophetic denunciations, whereby the wicked of David's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 69:28

Let them be blotted out of the Book of the living. God is supposed to have a "book of the living" in his possession, which contains the names of all those on whom he looks with favour, and whom he will bless both in this world and beyond the grave (comp. Exodus 32:32 ; Psalms 86:6 ; Ezekiel 13:9 ; Daniel 12:1 ). From this list, as from any register of earthly citizenship, the names of the unworthy may be erased. David prays for the erasure of the names of those unworthy ones against... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 69:22-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 69:1-36

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 69:22-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 69:28

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