Psaumes 69:22-26 BDS

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 69:22

Let their table become a snare before them ,.... This and the following imprecations were not the effects of a spirit of private revenge; of which there was no appearance in Christ, but all the reverse who prayed for his enemies, while they were using him as above related: but they are prophecies of what should be, being delivered out under the inspiration of the Spirit of God, Acts 1:16 . Wherefore some versions render the words, "their table shall become a snare" F8 יהו "erit",... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:23

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not ,.... Not literally, the eyes of their bodies; but figuratively, the eyes of their understanding; which were so darkened, and they given up to such judicial blindness, that they could not discern the signs of the times that the Messiah must be come, Daniel's weeks being up; could not see any glory, excellency, and comeliness in Christ; could not see the evidence of the Messiahship of Jesus in the miracles he wrought; nor in the prophecies of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:24

Pour out thine indignation upon them ,.... Not a few drops of it only, but a flood of it, sweeping away and bearing down all before it; which was done when wrath came upon them to the uttermost, in the destruction of their city, temple, and nation, 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ; let thy wrathful anger take hold of them ; follow after them, overtake them, seize upon them, and hold them fast, that they may not escape. It denotes the severity of God towards them; the fierceness and fury of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:25

Let their habitation be desolate ,.... Which is applied to Judas, Acts 1:20 ; but not to the exclusion of others; for it must be understood of the habitations of others; even of their princes and nobles, their chief magistrates, high priest and other priests, scribes, and doctors of the law: for the word may be rendered, "their palace" or "castle" F11 טיר־תאם "palatium eorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Cocceius, Michaelis; "castella eorum", Junius & Tremellius,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:26

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten ,.... Meaning the Messiah, who was not only smitten and scourged by men, but was stricken and smitten of God; according to his determinate counsel and foreknowledge, and agreeably to his will and plea sure; with the rod of his justice for the satisfaction of it; for the sins of his people, whose surety he was. Him the Jews followed with reproaches and calumnies; pursued after his life, and persecuted him unto death; and which was the cause of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:22

Let their table become a snare - The execrations here and in the following verses should be read in the future tense, because they are predictive; and not in the imperative mood, as if they were the offspring of the psalmist's resentment: "Their table Shall become a snare; - their eyes Shall be darkened; - thou Wilt pour out thine indignation upon them; - thy wrathful anger Shall take hold of them; - their habitation Shall be desolate, - and none Shall dwell in their tents." The psalmist... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:22

Verse 22 22.Let their table before them be for a snare. Here we have a series of dire imprecations, with respect to which we must bear in mind, what we have elsewhere observed, that David did not allow himself recklessly to pour out his wrath, even as the greater part of men, when they feel themselves wronged, intemperately give way to their own passion; but, being under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, he was kept from going beyond the bounds of duty, (88) and simply called upon God to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:23

Verse 23 23.Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. The Psalmist here refers chiefly to two powers of the body, those of the eyes and of the loins; and I have no hesitation in considering his language as a prayer that God would deprive his enemies of reason and understanding, and at the same time enfeeble their strength, that they might be altogether unfitted for exerting themselves in any way. We know how indispensable it is, in order to the doing of any thing aright, that counsel... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:24

Verse 24 24.Pour out thy fury upon them. It is not surprising that David utters a lengthened series of imprecations; for we know well that the frantic enemies of the Church, into whom it was his object to inspire terror, are not easily moved. He therefore lifts up his voice against them in tones of greater vehemence, that they might be led to desist from their wrongful and insolent conduct. He, however, had principally an eye to true believers, who, being oppressed with calamities, have no... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 69:24

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