They that sit in the gate talk of me,
And the songs of them that drink strong drink (make sport of me).
In the gate where men gather to hear the last gossip as well as to transact business (Psalms 9:14; Jeremiah 17:19 f.) he is the talk of the city: his austerities and oddities furnish a subject for the latest comic song of the revellers" parties. Cp. Lamentations 3:14; Job 30:9; Isaiah 5:11-12; Isaiah 5:22; Amos 6:4 ff.
Verse Psalms 69:12. _THEY THAT SIT IN THE GATE_] At the gates were the courts for public justice; _there_ were complaints lodged, and causes heard. No doubt many vexatious complaints were made agains...
THEY THAT SIT IN THE GATE SPEAK AGAINST ME - The gates of cities were places of concourse; places where business was transacted; places where courts were frequently held. See the notes at Job 29:7. Co...
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...
THE SONG. the mocking song....
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...
69:12 drunkards. (a-17) Lit. 'drinkers of strong drink.'...
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...
THE GATE] the open space beside the city gate where worthless loafers gathered....
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...
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...
_[Psalms 69:13]_ יָשִׂ֣יחוּ בִ֭י יֹ֣שְׁבֵי שָׁ֑עַר וּ֝...
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...
They that (l) sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards. (l) The more he sought to win them to God, the more they were against him both the poor and the rich....
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...
12._They who sit in the gate defame me _Had David been molested only by vulgar buffoons and the refuse of the people, it would have been more easily endured; for it is not surprising that mean persons...
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...
THEY THAT SIT IN THE GATE SPEAK AGAINST ME,.... The princes, magistrates, and judges, who sat in the gates of cities, heard and tried causes, and executed judgment there; the elders of the city; see R...
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards. Ver. 12. _They that sit in the gate_] Men of authority and dignity, who should have showed more grace and gravity. T...
_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...
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...
They that sit in the gate, the nobles, the leaders of the people, SPEAK AGAINST ME; AND I WAS THE SONG OF DRUNKARDS, of drinkers of strong drink, the rabble of the taverns and streets joining in makin...
DRUNKARDS: _ Heb._ drinkers of strong drink...
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...
THEY THAT SIT IN THE GATE; either, 1. Vain and idle persons, that spend their time in the gates and markets, in which there used to be a confluence of people. Or rather, 2. The judges and magistrates...
Psalms 69:12 sit H3427 (H8802) gate H8179 speak H7878 (H8799) song H5058 drunkards H8354 (H8802)...
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...
Acts 4:26; Acts 4:27; Daniel 5:23; Daniel 5:2; Deuteronomy 16:18;...
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...
That sit — Vain and idle persons, that spend their time in the gates and markets....