Wept for their impiety and reproaches which they cast upon God and godliness. Chastened; which word is here understood out of Psalms 35:13; as it is also in 2 Chronicles 10:11,14, out of 1 Kings 12:11, where it is expressed. My soul; either my body, or myself; the soul being oft used both ways. That was to my reproach; they derided me for my piety and devotion, and for my faith in God's promises, and hopes of assistance from him.
WHEN I WEPT, AND CHASTENED MY SOUL WITH FASTING - The words “and chastened” are not in the original. The literal translation would be, “And I wept (away) my soul with fasting;” that is, I gave myself...
PSALM 69-72 Psalms 69 The Suffering and Rejected Christ _ 1. Hated without a cause (Psalms 69:1)_ 2. Bearing reproach (Psalms 69:7) 3. His own prayer ...
LXIX. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE AND REVENGE. The author was a pious Jew, burning with zeal for the purity of the Temple worship (Psalms 69:9). He was a representative man, so that the reproaches of tho...
I WEPT, AND CHASTENED MY SOUL. The Septuagint reads "I humbled my soul"....
Such discouragement must be the inevitable consequence if he is abandoned, for it is for God's sake that he is persecuted and defamed. Comp. the plea of the nation in Psalms 44:14 ff....
When I wept, (and chastened) my soul with fasting, It was turned to reproaches for me: When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them. In shame and penitence for the dishonour done...
WHEN I WEPT, &C.— _When I bemoaned my soul with fasting. Psalms 69:12. They that sit in the gate_] i.e. As it is generally interpreted, the judges or chief persons of the state; for the gates of citie...
PSALMS 69 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Pictures of Distress and Outcries for Deliverance, followed by Imprecations on Cruel Enemies, and by Promises of Praise. ANALYSIS This psalm is almost certainly Composit...
_O GOD, THOU KNOWEST MY FOOLISHNESS; AND MY SINS ARE NOT HID FROM THEE._ -He appeals in support of his prayer to God's knowledge that he suffers reproach and estrangement, as if he were foolish and s...
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 suffer...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
WHEN I WEPT... — The expression _I wept_ (or _lamented_)_ my soul with fasting_ is hardly intelligible, though perhaps we might say _I wept out my soul with fasting._ The LXX. and Psalms 35:13 suggest...
_[Psalms 69:11]_ וָ אֶבְכֶּ֣ה בַ † צֹּ֣ום...
Psalms 69:1 THE Davidic authorship of this psalm is evidently untenable, if for no other reason, yet because of the state of things presupposed in Psalms 69:35. The supposition that Jeremiah was the a...
A CRY OUT OF DEEP WATERS Psalms 69:1 This psalm and the Psalms 22:1 are quoted most often in the New Testament as referring to our Lord. Psalms 69:1 is very sad. Throughout we detect a heart-break. T...
Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow profounder or more intense than in this. The soul of the singer pours itself out in unrestrained abandonment to the overwhelming and ter...
When I (k) wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. (k) My zeal moved me to lament and pray for my salvation....
Oh! how precious are these words of our Christ! And how were they all fulfilled in his own sacred person! When he came to his own, his own received him not. And was not Jesus treated worse than a stra...
10._And I wept, my soul fasted _David here proves, by the signs or effects, that his efforts to promote the Divine glory proceeded from a pure and well-regulated zeal, inasmuch as he was not impelled...
Psalms 69. The state of soul of which this most important psalm is the expression demands the utmost attention and patient inquiry. We have all along seen the remnant of Israel before us, or Christ as...
WHEN I WEPT,.... Because of the sins of his people imputed to him; the hardness and unbelief of the Jews that rejected him; their impiety and profaneness in polluting the temple with their merchandise...
When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. Ver. 10. _When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting_] That I might thereby beat down my body, and tame that rebel fle...
_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...
When I wept, in every bitter experience of His ministry, AND CHASTENED MY SOUL WITH FASTING, keeping under restraint, aloof from all wickedness, THAT WAS TO MY REPROACH; no matter what His behavior, s...
THE MESSIAH'S VICARIOUS SUFFERING. To the chief musician, for use in the public assembly of the congregation, upon Shoshannim, to be sung to the melody "On the Lilies. " The psalm is referred to seven...
1-12 We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer here spoken of, and ask why, as well as what he suffered, that, meditating thereon, we may be more humbled for sin, and more convinced of...
Psalms 69:10 wept H1058 (H8799) soul H5315 fasting H6685 reproach H2781 Psalms 102:8-9,...
We shall read together at this time a part of the 69 th Psalm, and afterwards two passages in the New Testament. Although there is no doubt that this Psalm is intended to describe a very large class o...
CONTENTS: David complains of great distress and begs God to succor him. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When the waters of affliction rise about us, the only course is to commit the keeping of o...
The Chaldee paraphrase ascribes this psalm to David, and with great care regards it as highly prophetic of the Messiah. St. Paul therefore knew the high authority he had, in quoting it against the Jew...
_Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul._ HUMAN SUFFERING I. Man’s sufferings are sometimes overwhelmingly great. This shows-- 1. The abnormal state of man. Was man made to suffer...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:1. This is an individual lament. A faithful Israelite is suffering for wrongs he has done (v. Psalms 69:5). Attackers take advantage of his
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:9 REPROACH means to despise or insult. This idea was introduced in v. Psalms 69:7 and dominates this section....
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David.” “_To the chief musician_.” See the introduction to Psalms 57. “_Upon Shoshannim_. See the introduction to Psa...
EXPOSITION THIS is the cry of one suffering severely from men, partly on account of his own sins (Psalms 69:5), but mainly for the sake of God (Psalms 69:7). It is said to be "written in the style of...
The sixty-ninth psalm is a Messianic psalm. That is, it is a psalm of prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. And there are many scriptures within the psalm here that make reference to Jesus Christ. Save me...
Luke 7:33; Luke 7:34; Psalms 102:8; Psalms 102:9; Psalms 109:24;...
THE PSALM OF THE TRESPASS OFFERING Psalms 69:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The 69th Psalm, which we are to study today, is one of those great Calvary Psalms which stir our souls. Like other Psalms there are...
Wept — For their impiety. Reproach — They derided me for it....