Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 69:3
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine (d) eyes fail while I wait for my God.
(d) Though his senses failed him, yet his faith was constant and encouraged him still to pray.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine (d) eyes fail while I wait for my God.
(d) Though his senses failed him, yet his faith was constant and encouraged him still to pray.
Verse Psalms 69:3. _I AM WEARY OF MY CRYING_] A pathetic description of the state of the poor captives for about _seventy_ years....
I AM WEARY OF MY CRYING - The word “crying” here does not mean weeping, or shedding tears, but calling upon God for help. He had grown weary; his strength had been exhausted in the act of calling upon...
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...
He is worn out and exhausted in mind and body by the prolonged strain of prayer unanswered. Cp. Psalms 22:1-2; Psalms 22:15; Psalms 6:7; Jeremiah 45:3;...
The Psalmist appeals to God for help, pleading the extremity of his plight....
DISCOURSE: 612 SORROWS AND SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST Psalms 69:1. Save me, O God! for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where...
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...
_I AM WEARY OF MY CRYING: MY THROAT IS DRIED: MINE EYES FAIL WHILE I WAIT FOR MY GOD._ Mine eyes fail, while I wait for my God - as one's vision fails when it is kept long fixed in one direction in t...
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...
WEARY OF] RV 'weary with.'...
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...
CRYING. — Better, _calling, i.e.,_ on God in prayer. For a similar picture of utter dejection comp. Psalms 22:15. The following English lines have caught the feeling of these verses: “How have I knel...
_[Psalms 69:4]_ יָגַ֣עְתִּי בְ קָרְאִי֮ נִחַ֪ר גְּרֹ֫ונִ֥י...
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...
We here behold the Head of the church in his unequalled sorrows, and for which we hear him crying out, Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour; but for this cause...
3_I am weary of crying _David, in seeking and calling upon God, when his affairs were in such a confused and desperate condition, exhibited an instance of rare and wonderful patience. He complains of...
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...
I AM WEARY OF MY CRYING,.... In his distress; when, bearing the punishment both of loss and sense, he cried unto God; he prayed earnestly, with great intenseness and fervency of spirit; he offered sup...
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. Ver. 3. _I am weary of mg crying_] As a drowning man, while he can be heard, crieth for help. _ My throat is drie...
_I am weary of my crying_ I have prayed and cried to God long and fervently, and yet God seems to neglect and forsake me. _My throat is dried_ With loud and frequent cries. _Mine eyes fail_ With looki...
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...
I am weary of My crying, with His calling for sympathy and help in His great trouble; MY THROAT IS DRIED, burned or scorched, parched and raw, by the excessive use of His voice; MINE EYES FAIL WHILE I...
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...
I AM WEARY OF MY CRYING; I have prayed and cried to God long and fervently, and yet God seems to neglect and forsake me. MY THROAT IS DRIED with loud and frequent cries. MINE EYES FAIL with looking to...
Psalms 69:3 weary H3021 (H8804) crying H7121 (H8800) throat H1627 dry H2787 (H8738) eyes H5869 fail...
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
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...
Deuteronomy 28:32; Hebrews 5:7; Isaiah 38:14; Job 11:20; Job 16:16;...
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...