Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and (q) I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.
(q) He shows men that it is vain to put our trust in men in our great necessity, but that our comfort only depends on God: for man increases our sorrows, then diminishes them, (John 19:29).
REPROACH HATH BROKEN MY HEART - The reproaches, the calumnies, the aspersions, the slanders of others, have crushed me. I am not able to bear up under them; I fail under the burden. Distress may becom...
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...
SOME. Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "one"....
_hath broken my heart_ Cp. Jeremiah 23:9. _I am full of heaviness_ Or, as R.V. marg., _sore sick_. A cognate word is frequently used in Jer., e.g. Jeremiah 15:18, A.V. _incurable_. _and I looked_&c....
Once more he lays before God the severity of his sufferings, and the inhumanity of his enemies....
REPROACH HATH BROKEN MY HEART— Dr. Delaney observes, that there were two circumstances of distress which attended upon David's fall, not sufficiently considered, though they are beyond all question th...
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...
_THOU HAST KNOWN MY REPROACH, AND MY SHAME, AND MY DISHONOUR: MINE ADVERSARIES ARE ALL BEFORE THEE._ -Again he appeals to God's knowledge of his reproach and suffering from his foes, as the ground on...
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...
HATH BROKEN MY HEART] cp. Jeremiah 23:9....
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...
I AM FULL OF HEAVINESS. — Rather, _I am sick._ The word here used (with its cognates), as well as that rendered _pity_ in the next clause, are favourite words with Jeremiah, as also are the figures of...
_[Psalms 69:21]_ חֶרְפָּ֤ה ׀ שָֽׁבְרָ֥ה לִבִּ֗י וָֽ אָ֫נ֥וּשָׁה...
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...
Reader! if you are much acquainted with the evangelists accounts of Jesus's sufferings in the garden and on the cross (and if you are not, it is much to be wished that you were) you will see how all t...
20._Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am afflicted. _He expresses more distinctly not only that he was confounded, or ashamed at the sad aspect which he presented of having been deserted, but that...
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...
REPROACH HATH BROKEN MY HEART,.... This was his case when his soul was exceeding sorrowful unto death, and his heart like wax melted in the midst of his bows is, Matthew 26:38; AND I AM FULL OF HEAVI...
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none. Ver. 20. _Reproach hath broken mine heart,...
_Thou hast known my reproach_, &c. Thou seest how much of it I suffer, and that for thy sake. _Mine adversaries are all before thee_ Thou knowest them thoroughly, and all their injurious and wicked de...
Reproach hath broken My heart, the jeering slanders which struck Him from all sides crushed His soul; AND I AM FULL OF HEAVINESS, weak, failing under the burden; AND I LOOKED FOR SOME TO TAKE PITY, wa...
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...
TO TAKE PITY: _ Heb._ to lament with me...
13-21 Whatever deep waters of affliction or temptation we sink into, whatever floods of trouble or ungodly men seem ready to overwhelm us, let us persevere in prayer to our Lord to save us. The token...
HATH BROKEN MY HEART: for reproach is most grievous to the most generous and noble souls; and besides, this was the highest degree and the worst kind of reproach, being cast upon him for God's sake, a...
Psalms 69:20 Reproach H2781 broken H7665 (H8804) heart H3820 heaviness H5136 (H8799) looked H6960 (H8762) pity...
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...
_Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none._ MY BROKEN-HEARTED LORD Did it ever occur to...
_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
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 Timothy 4:16; 2 Timothy 4:17; Hebrews 11:36; Isaiah 63:5; Job 16:2;...
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...