Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Psalms 69:29
But I am poor and sorrowful— But as for me, though I am low and full of pain, thy salvation, O God, shall protect me. See Bishop Hare and Mudge.
But I am poor and sorrowful— But as for me, though I am low and full of pain, thy salvation, O God, shall protect me. See Bishop Hare and Mudge.
Verse 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_;...
BUT I AM POOR AND SORROWFUL - I am afflicted and suffering. The word here rendered “poor” often means “afflicted.” LET THY SALVATION, O GOD, SET ME UP ON HIGH - Let thy help raise me up from my low c...
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...
POOR. afflicted. Hebrew. _ani_. See note on Proverbs 6:11. Not the same word as in Psalms 69:33. Constantly used of Christ in the Psalms. Compare Psalms 22:24 (afflicted);...
But as for me, who am afflicted and sore pained, Thy salvation, O God, shall set me up on high. The verb may be rendered as a prayer (A.V.), or as an expression of confidence (P.B.V.). God's deliver...
In contrast to the fate which his enemies deserve, the Psalmist looks forward to his own deliverance, and predicts the restoration of Jerusalem and the reestablishment there of the true people of God....
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...
_BUT I AM POOR AND SORROWFUL: LET THY SALVATION, O GOD, SET ME UP ON HIGH._ But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high - or rather, 'thy salvation shall set me upon high...
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...
SET ME UP ON HIGH. — Or, _lift me up, i.e.,_ into a secure place out of the reach of enemies....
_[Psalms 69:30]_ וַ֭ אֲנִי עָנִ֣י וְ כֹואֵ֑ב...
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...
“JEHOVAH HEARETH THE NEEDY” Psalms 69:18 In Psalms 69:19 the psalmist again spreads out his griefs before God. He had looked for pity, but his foes only aggravated his sufferings. Both Matthew and Jo...
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...
Here is another engaging portrait of Jesus. And who of his redeemed but must love him, both on his cross and on his throne?...
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...
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...
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 w...
_But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high._ Ver. 29. _But I am poor and sorrowful_] The Church is usually so, and may sing, as here, _Vaani gnani, &c., _ but her com...
_But I am poor_, &c. Bishop Hare reads it, _“But as for me, though I am low and full of pain,”_ (Hebrew, כואב, _choeeb;_ rendered, in the plural, _they were sore, Genesis 34:25_,) _“thy salvation, O G...
But I am poor and sorrowful, miserable and in pain, because of the burden of sin and its punishment which He has taken upon Himself; LET THY SALVATION, O GOD, SET ME UP ON HIGH. He was sure of victory...
PLEA FOR VENGEANCE...
22-29 These are prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors. Verses Psalms 69:22; Psalms 69:23, are applied to the judgments of God upon the unbelieving Jews, in Romans 11:9;...
Out of the reach of mine enemies; or, lift me out of the deep waters, and the mire, in which I was sinking, PSALMS 69:14....
Psalms 69:29 poor H6041 sorrowful H3510 (H8802) salvation H3444 God H430 high H7682 (H8762) I am poor -...
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...
_But as for me, my prayer is unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time._ THE COMPASSIONABLE, COMMENDABLE, AND CENSURABLE I. The compassionable. The representation which the author here gives of his s...
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 69:29 The writer promises to MAGNIFY God with public THANKSGIVING when God saves him from his enemies (SET ME ON HIGH).
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...
2 Corinthians 8:9; Ephesians 1:21; Ephesians 1:22; Isaiah 53:2;...
On high — Out of the reach of mine enemies....